Press Release: We’re opting out
PRESS RELEASE
September 2, 2009
Canadian Writers Launch Internet Campaign to Oppose Google
On Friday September 4, Canadian writers and publishers get their last chance to opt out of the increasingly infamous Google Book Settlement, condemned by dozens of international authors’ associations around the world.
“The best way I can describe this appalling deal is to compare it to a thief breaking into your house in the middle of the night and saying if you haven’t locked your windows, your property is theirs for the taking,” says B.C. author Katherine Gordon. “Google is saying we’re going to put your books online, we’re only telling you we’re doing that because someone caught us out, but unless you tell us you don’t want us doing it we’re going to keep doing it and pocket the profits. It’s outrageous.”
