Publishing analyst Carlo Carrenho kicks off the week with a review of the headlines from across the international publishing world.
U.S. Publishers Sue Google, Alleging Massive Copyright Infringement Behind Its Gemini AI Service
The lawsuit accuses Google of illegally copying millions of works to train its Gemini AI service which, the publishers argue, is already being used to flood the marketplace for books with “AI-generated substitutes.”
Developments in the U.K. and Germany Target Google’s AI-Generated Summaries
New requirements in the U.K. look to give online publishers more leverage in negotiations with Google, while in Germany, a court has ruled that the company can be held liable for false statements in its AI Overviews.
As Key Hearing Draws Near, Publishers Defend Their Bid to Join Authors’ Copyright Lawsuit Over Google’s AI Training
In a February 5 brief, the publishers stressed that their intervention in the case was necessary to ensure “the publishing industry’s discrete interests are fairly treated” and rejected Google’s “over-the-top” opposition to their joining the litigation.
Publishers Move to Join Copyright Lawsuit Over Google’s Gemini AI Product
“This case will address a fundamental question of the AI era: what responsibility do AI companies have to copyright owners whose works they’ve stolen to build their trillion-dollar businesses?” By Andrew Richard Albanese, Editor-in-Chief he Association of American Publishers (AAP) this week announced that two of its member publishers—Cengage Group and Hachette Book Group—have filed a motion to intervene as …
International Houses Sue Google Over Ads for Pirated Ebooks
Elsevier, Cengage Learning, Macmillan Learning, and McGraw Hill charge that Google has ’caused immeasurable harm’ by advertising pirated content.
United States’ Authors Guild Applauds the Google Lawsuit
Citing ‘harms to content publishers and creators,’ the Authors Guild throws its support behind the antitrust lawsuit of Google.
Richard Charkin: The International Publishers Association’s 125 Years
‘As we become ever more interdependent,’ Richard Charkin writes, the IPA is uniquely positioned to ‘protect, support, and nurture’ publishing.
Richard Charkin: We’re All in It Together
Appealing to Amazon, Google, Apple, and other online book retailers, Richard Charkin asks for a change in how quickly publishers are paid in the pandemic.
Author Richard Russo Warns of Tech Giants’ Move Into Content for Writers
The conflict between artist and commerce, writes Richard Russo, ‘today is playing out algorithmically and those algorithms have not been designed for authors’ benefit.’