David Drummond testifies before House Judiciary Committee

David Drummond, Google's Senior VP for Corporate Development and Chief Legal Officer, testifies before the House Judiciary Committee at a September 10, 2009 hearing on "Competition and Commerce in Digital Books" and the Google Books settlement. Topics of discussion include how the settlement will equalize access to information, fair use and copyright law precedents, and our commitment to an open and competitive market for digital books.

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News & Politics

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• google
• book
• search
• settlement
• agreement

[javierenchina]

google is fucking taking over the world. and....the world is becoming better place because of it

:-X

[baronmorris]

google will hopefully either clean up the sound or find better audio to synch with the video.

hint hint.

;-)

go google books!

[VundaF]

HE really testified.

[louisacales]

this is very interesting! keep on posting..

[dennismattai1]

First and foremost, bitchin tie. Very articulate guy and obviously prepared for this presentation, could use a little work on his video presentation skills...

[lvldsnr]

...then give me an android-powered portable reader i can buy in europe!

[8MinutesofMusic]

so what happen? what was the courts decision?

[Gormis93]

This will probably, in a few years, be the library of the future

[HerrBismarck]

Its a hearing, not a song or a movie. These hearings are not recording for pleasure but for record, so they don't care about quality.

[MarcBassoFilms]

oh man I wanna see the rest! What was the word? Did it go well?

[MarcBassoFilms]

yeah im sure we can trust you

[masparasol]

This is beautiful. Lowering barriers to entry, giving everyone a chance. This is going to be the book version of youtube for people in serious production. That is if books still exist in the next few years... ;)