Dismay at the fate of orphan works, estimated at some 70 percent of books being scanned, is mounting as the May 5 deadline for objections to the settlement nears.
UC-Berkeley School of Law professor Pamela Samuelson said the issue of orphaned works should be handled by legislators, not as a settlement in a class action.
"Usually if you want a compulsory license you have to go to Congress," she said.Professor Samuelson favors a scenario in which the Internet Archieve as well as other digital libraries in addition to Google, would get a license to scan the boks and make them available online.
"I hadn't expected them to intervene," she said. "It's an interesting development -- it's going to be interesting to see how it turns out."
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