With the budget once again over and done with drivers will welcome the 1p drop in the cost of petrol. Rather mean of the Chancellor I think. Negotiate Now, a Glasgow company, is offering fuel discounts to owners of businesses who want to be included in their sophisticated search engine. They are currently recruiting hundreds of businesses in a limitless amount of categories. With them drivers can save 5p on a litre of fuel, be it petrol or diesel, and more if they are travelling on motorways. This is an offer which is definitely to be taken advantage of so if you are a driver logon to their website now and see what you can save.
Irene Tirtoprodjo
http://www.negotiatenow.co.uk/
Thursday, 24 March 2011
Google's Online L ibrary Plans Shelved
Google has had to shelve plans to create an online library making millions of books available to everyone who has an internet connection after it was blocked by Judge Denny Chin in Manhatten. A settlement worth $125,000,000 had been agreed on in 2008 but the Judge ruled that the creation of thei library would "Simply go too far".
The Authors' Guild and Association of American Publishers welcomed the ruling. They had fought the settlement and accused Google of "Massive copyright infringement" for scanning books to be published online. 6500 authors had agreed to "opt out" but Judge Chin said "the settlement would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books without permission of the copyright owners". He referred to out of print books whose authors could not be contacted, Google would have the monopoly over unclaimed works. He said that the final decision should be with the American Congress.
Foreign authors and publishers and countries stated that the settlement is a violation of international law. Objections were raised by many countries.
Google are now considering their options and will carry on working to make more books "Discoverable online" through Google books and other services.
The Open Book Alliance which includes Yahoo and Amazon said the ruling was "A victory for the public interest and for competition in the literary and internet ecosystems".
Irene Tirtoprodo
http://www.negotiatenow.co.uk/
The Authors' Guild and Association of American Publishers welcomed the ruling. They had fought the settlement and accused Google of "Massive copyright infringement" for scanning books to be published online. 6500 authors had agreed to "opt out" but Judge Chin said "the settlement would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books without permission of the copyright owners". He referred to out of print books whose authors could not be contacted, Google would have the monopoly over unclaimed works. He said that the final decision should be with the American Congress.
Foreign authors and publishers and countries stated that the settlement is a violation of international law. Objections were raised by many countries.
Google are now considering their options and will carry on working to make more books "Discoverable online" through Google books and other services.
The Open Book Alliance which includes Yahoo and Amazon said the ruling was "A victory for the public interest and for competition in the literary and internet ecosystems".
Irene Tirtoprodo
http://www.negotiatenow.co.uk/
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