It seems right now Google is waiting on the decision regarding orphan works. They want to be able to add these out-of-print orphan works to Google Books. This would make a lot of information available to a lot more people. I liked how Blount, the President of the Author's Guild, phrased it "turn every public library in the U.S. into a world-class research facility." I am not sure I would completely agree, but it seems that it would definitely add to resources everywhere.
After reading about the Google Books Settlement in regards to the Orphan Works issue I do agree this could be a solution, but I think every orphan work deserves a diligent search for the rights owner before it is considered free game for Google Books.
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6667338.html
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I'm very glad that the Google Books Settlement was discussed in your blog. It's good that you have the link, but I would have liked more of a summary if the settlement and what points in it you didn't agree with. The title for this post was cute :)
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