AAP files lawsuit against Google Print library project The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Google seeking an injunction against the Print for Libraries project. The suit was filed on behalf of publishers McGraw-Hill, P.

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AAP files lawsuit against Google Print library project

The Association of American Publishers (AAP) has filed a lawsuit against Google seeking an injunction against the Print for Libraries project. The suit was filed on behalf of publishers McGraw-Hill, Pearson Education, Penguin Group (USA), Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons, and also has the backing of the International Publishers Association. AAP president Patricia Schroeder said the publishers had filed the suit only when Google refused to agree to making separate permissions requests for each in-copyright book it scans in the libraries of Stanford University, Harvard University and the University of Michigan. The AAP had proposed to Google that it use ISBN numbers to identify works under copyright and secure permission from publishers and authors to scan these works. The AAP said that Google had "flatly rejected this reasonable proposal". Google general counsel David Drummond said: "We believe that our product is legal, [and] that the courts will vindicate this position."

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Euromonitor goes for jargon-free Country Insights

Euromonitor International has unveiled an internet service offering analysis of economic, political, social and demographic trends that affect countries and regions worldwide. Country Insight offers non-experts an "overview analysis" of markets and their dynamics written by Euromonitor's global team of analysts. It currently offers information about 71 countries, but this will be increased to 205 over the course of the next 12 months. "We're offering something new, not the kind of 50-page report that you need for political or economic risk analysis," said marketing manager Rose Gilliver. "This is aimed at a marketing or strategy person who wants a jargon-free report that gets to the point quickly and offers an understanding of the country or market's essential dynamics." Country Insight is described as "the last piece in the ...