The Authors Guild et al v. Google Inc.

Filing 865

DECLARATION of Ron Lazebnik. Document filed by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Inc., American Society of Journalists and Authors, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit A, #2 Exhibit B, #3 Exhibit C)(Lazebnik, Ron)

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EXHIBIT A Home Lavinia The Left Hand of Darkness New About UKL Publicity Photos Calendar Getting in Touch FAQ Biography Bibliography Awards & Honors Reviews of UKL Books Interviews with UKL In Spanish Photo Album Photo © by Marian Wood Kolisch By UKL S elected Work Onsite Works in Print Works in Electronic Form Book Information Pages About Writing About Films Book Reviews by UKL S peeches Audio - Video - Music Maps & Illustrations Notes & Comments Neat Stuff Nuts & Bolts Opening Map Offsite Links Archives RS S Feed and List of Authors Opposing the Settlement The following petition was submitted to Judge Chin on January 26th, 2010, with the names of the 367 authors who signed it with me. I am proud to be in their company. The petition and the list of names will remain posted until the court hearing in February. Names that came in just past the deadline are listed separately, as supporters of our effort. It's no longer possible to sign the petition. But you are welcome to join the discussion of the Google Settlement and related issues at the Book View Cafe blog. -- UK http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 1 of 21 The Google Settlement was negotiated by the Authors Guild, without consultation with any other group of authors or American authors as a whole. The Guild cannot and does not speak for all American writers. Its settlement cannot be seen as reflecting the will or interest of any group but the Guild. Three groups of American writers, the National Writers Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, are opposed to the settlement. So are all the signatories of this letter: professional writers, who make part or all their living from their copyrights. Ireland, India, South Africa, and New Zealand (countries with active publication in English) protested the settlement and have been exempted from it. The governments of Germany and France protested unregulated digitization and have been exempted from the Settlement (and the French Government is suing Google for illegal digitization of copyrighted property.) We ask that the United States also be exempted from the settlement. We ask that the principle of copyright, which is directly threatened by the settlement, be honored and upheld in the United States. The "opt-out" clause in the Settlement is most disturbing: First, it seems unfair that, by the terms of the class-action settlement, authors can officially present objections to the Court only by being "opted in" to the settlement and thereby subjecting themselves to its terms. Second, while the "opt-out" clause appears to offer authors an easy way to defend their copyright, in fact it disguises an assault on authors' rights. Google, like any other publisher or entity, should be required to obtain permission from the owner to purchase or use copyrighted material, item by item. There is no justification for reversing that rule by forcing copyright owners to defend their right against every careless or predatory use of the material, thus rendering copyright essentially meaningless. The United States Department of Justice agrees, having declared that Google should negotiate individually with copyright holders. The Director of the United States Copyright Office calls the Settlement "an end-run around copyright law." The free and open dissemination of information and of literature, as it exists in our Public Libraries, can and should exist in the electronic media. All authors hope for that. But we cannot have free and open dissemination of information and literature unless the use of written material continues to be controlled by those who write it or own legitimate right in it. http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 2 of 21 We urge our government and our courts to allow no corporation to circumvent copyright law or dictate the terms of that control. -- Ursula K. Le Guin Author List Millicent Borges Accardi Danny Adams Max Adams Nona Aguilar Brigit Aine Sara Amis Karla Andersdatter Douglas A. Anderson Donna Andrews J udit h Arcana William H. Ash III Lori K. Baker Susan Pease Banitt Douglas Barbour (CANADA) Darryl Barnes David M. Bartell Anit a Bartholomew Ray Bartlett Michel Basilieres (Canada) Elizabet h Bear Marc Beaudin Georgia Beaverson William Bedford Angela Benedetti Carol Berg Gail J. Berg Mary Rose Betten David Biespiel Madeline Bodin Moe Bowstern (aka Lara Mulvaney) Irene Brady R V Branham Greg Breining Marie Brennan Pat ricia Briggs http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 3 of 21 Steven Brown (Stan!) N M Browne (UK) J onat han Buckley Beverly Burmeier Ken Burnside J ulie Ann Burton/Jenn Saint-John M.L. Bushman Charles Butler Mary Lynn Cabrall Ken Cadow Sheila Callahan Mike Cane Michael Capobianco Amy Sterling Casil Richard Cass Vict or M. Cassidy Chris t ine Cole Catley Karen Christino Margaret Chula Chris Clarke Amanda Cockrell Brian E. Cooper E.W. (Ellen) Count Brad Crawford J .D. Crayne Barbara Crooker Eliza Cross Raul daSilva Meryl Davids St eve Davidson Robert A. Davies Kat hryn Lynn Davis Milly Dawson Frances ca De Grandis Guy Anthony De Marco Pamela Dean St ephen Delaney Alyx Dellamonica Barbara Demarco-Barrett J ackie Dishner Roger Dorband J ohn Dougherty (U.K.) http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 4 of 21 Ramsay Dow Matt Doyle Noreen Doyle Laree Draper Dave Draper Lisa Duchene J oe Dully H al Duncan Ann Dupuis E.T. (Cy) Eberhart J ohn Edge Ros emary Edghill Sabine Eiche Carol Ekarius Michael Elcock Thomas Evans D.R. Evans J ulie Fanselow Fawn Fitter J udit h Fitzgerald Sean P. Fodera Tim Folger J ames Talbot Frain Scott Fratcher Barb Freda I.G. Frederick J udit h Freeman Rebecca French Paula Friedman Mark L. Fuerst Cat hie Gandel Lynne Garner (U.K.) Melis sa Gaskill P hillis Gershator J ason E. Gillikin Laura Anne Gilman Rachel Gladstone-Gelman Molly Gloss J oe Gold Kim Goldberg St ephanie Golden Toni Goldfarb http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 5 of 21 Lisa Goldstein Mickey Goodman Michelle Goodman Felicit y Goodyear-Smith (NZ) J odie Gould St even Gould Timot hy Gower Ros alie V. Grafe Shawn Granger Beverly Gray Frances Grimble Mavis Guinard Eileen Gunn Marilyn Hacker Andrea Hairston Nancy W. Hall Kat e Hanley Nick Harkaway (UK) Lisa Harkrader Deborah Harmes Edward Hasbrouck J ust in Adams Haven J ohn Hedtke J ohn G. Hemry/Jack Campbell J ohn Henley Saxon Henry Roland Hess J ames A. Hetley J ack Hillman Bill Hinchberger J im C. Hines Pet er Hobbs H arriet Hodgson Rachel Holmes (U.K.) Lynley Hood (N.Z.) Kay Hooper Elizabet h Meade Howard Keri Hulme (N.Z) Deborah R. Huso Blake Hutchins Shane Ivey Angie Jabine http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 6 of 21 Betsy James Roby James Vict oria Janssen J an Jasper Liesl Jobson (SOUTH AFRICA) J udit h Johnson Laris sa Brittany Johnson Gwynet h Jones Miracle Jones Spike Y Jones Mary Kaiser St acia Kane J udit h Karpova Chris t ine Kuehn Kelly St eve Kenson Claire J. Keyes Kat harine Eliska Kimbriel Britt any Kingston J ames Kite Ellen Klages Mart in Klimes Andrew Kozma Bill Kropla Ondine Brooks Kuraoka Louis e Lacey Mercedes Lackey Marc Laidlaw Sarah Lamstein Rut h Laney Cas s andra Langer Kat herine Langrish Rodger Larson J ack Lasenby (N.Z.) J anine Latus Chris t ina R. Lay J ack Baldwin LeClair St ephen Leigh Lisbet h Levine J ohn R Levine Isaac Levy Pet er R. Limburg J onat han Lipkin http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 7 of 21 Norman M. Lobsenz Elise Logan J ames Lowder Sallie Lowenstein Michael W Lucas Ros alie Maggio Daryl F Mallett Roger Marshall Lee Martindale J oan Mazza Gwendolyn R. McAlister Michael McCallister Bonnie McGinnis Vonda N. McIntyre Mary Mihaly Sandra Miller-Louden Randi Minetor Fred Minnick Devon Monk Elizabet h Moon J ohn Moore Robin Morgan St ephen Morrill Evan Morris Nancy Mulvany Moira Munro (U.K) Kim Murphy Randy Myers Kat herine Nabity J oanna Nadin Elizabet h Sussman Nassau J udy Nedry Erik Ness Richard Jeffrey Newman Claire Nolan Fredrick Rea OKeefe J erry Oltion Luis Ortiz Naomi Otsubo J ames A. Owen Lisa L. Owens H elen Oyeyemi http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 8 of 21 Maggie M. Paquet (CANADA) Richard Parks Wendy Patterson Claudia Pearson Susan K. Perry Lawrence Person Cat herine M. Petrini Evelyn Jean Pine Lavinia Pisano Kat e Pocock Paul Preuss J oan Price J ohn Pritchard (U.K.) Tom Purdom Alexis Quinlan P hyllis Radford Cornelia Read Melis sa Readon Bonnie Remsberg Laura Resnick Karen Packard Rhodes Dick Richards Linda Riebel Mim i Riser Madeleine E. Robins Kim Stanley Robinson Deborah Robson Pet er Rock J ohn Rosengren Bet sy Rosenthal Adrienne Ross Carolee Ross Manuel Royal J ohn Royce Bet h Rubin H elen Ruggieri Sue Russell J ess e Jayne Rutherford Vicki Salemi Deb Salisbury Anne Sanders (Australia) Pat ricia Sargeant http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 9 of 21 Willa Schneberg Lani Schonberg Candace Schuler Daylle Deanna Schwartz Kam ila Shamsie Marie Shear Anna Sheehan Tamara Sheehan J ean Sheldon Walt Shiel Denise Siino Andrew G. Simpson Rut h Singer Vandana Singh Shelley Slouza Sonya Smith Karen Smith (CANADA) Cheryl Solimini Lisa Spangenberg Bud Sparhawk P hilip Spiegel Gillian Spraggs (United Kingdom) Charles C. Spray Michael A. Stackpole Allen Steele J onat han Steinberg J ohn Stickler Brooke C. Stoddard Michael Swanwick Claire Sykes J udit h Tarr J ames Taylor Charlene Teglia P hilip Temple (N.Z.) Malinda Terry Allan Terry Bridget Mintz Testa Sheree Renee Thomas Amy Thomson J eff Tidball Rachel Tillman Pamela Toler http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 10 of 21 Debra Traverso Liza Groen Trombi J erom e Tuccille Barbara J. Turner Donna Van Cleve Raymond Van Over Elisabet h Vonarburg (Canada) Dian Vujovich Ken Wachsberger J ohn Walker (Australia) J ames Waller J o Walton Andrea Warren J ohn F. Wasik Bud Webster Kat harine Webster Marvin Weisbord H enry Wessels Brook West Mart ha Ullman West Vict oria Wheeler Charles Whipple Rus sell Wild Lorraine Wilde Elizabet h Wiley Bill Williams Bob Wilson Brandon Wilson Marsha Winborn Michele Wojciechowski J enny Woolf (U.K.) J ennifer Worick Sharon Wood Wortman H elen S. Wright (UK) J an Wright Rus t in H. Wright J ane Yolen Mart in Zucker Supporters of the Effort http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 11 of 21 Translation by Ursula K. Le Guin Music by Todd Barton Shambhala Publications Includes Two CDs October 2009 More Current Publications Ephemera & Offsite Links "Ursula Le Guin gathers writers against Google deal," CBC News. 23 January 2010 New on the Website Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement. 25 January 2010 The Guardian and Huffington Post on UKL Google Settlement letter. 23 January 2010 Notes & comments: My letter of resignation from the Authors Guild 7 January 2010 Mediabistro reports on UKL G oogle Settlement letter. 21 January 2010 Schedule update: Third Angle Music, Portland 4 January 2010 West Coast Meeting on Google Settlement NWU's West Coast informational event for authors about the revised Google Review, The True Deceiver, by Tove Jansson 28 December 2009 Notes & comments: Clif Kroeber 's Five-Point Plan for Peace and Security http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 12 of 21 Books settlement proposal. Friday, Jan. 22, 2010 7:00 p.m. Berkeley. CA 15 January 2010 21 December 2009 New Cat Dreams review. 3 December 2009 New Lavinia review. 10 November 2009 Canadian Writers Oppose G oogle: Globe and Mail; Sarah Sheard's blog. 11 January 2010 Book review by UKL: The Post Office Girl, by Stefan Zweig. Literary Review 2009 5 November 2009 "The Hidden Sky," a musical based on "The Masters" by UKL. New York City, Jan. 30 Feb. 28, 2010. 9 January 2010 Updates: Major Titles PDF, Bio, Bio PDF, audiobooks, audio downloads and "Read by the Author." Updates, comments, and more info on the Google Settlement and UKL's Authors Guild resignation letter: The G uardian; PR Newswire. 7 January 2010 Mark Barrett comments on UKL's AG resignation 3 January 2010 Matthew Peterson interviews UKL for The Author Hour. Audio, transcript, and bonus questions. 12 November 2009 Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching, new Shambhala edition of translation by UKL. Includes Two CDs 11 November 2009 La vinia is on the long list for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. 4 November 2009 Arc hives: Announcements and New on the Website http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 13 of 21 Locus Award for Lavinia! The Best Books of 2008 The Oregonian names Lavinia ("brilliant") one of the Top 10 Northwest Books of 2008. Cleveland Plain Dealer: "A time-traveling Virgil meets the young wife he tosses off in a few lines in The Aeneid, and gasps, `I thought you were a blonde.' Le Guin's wit and scholarship burnish this beautiful, rewarding and unjustly overlooked novel, for which she retooled her grasp of Latin. A believable immersion into an ancient world and the antique virtues of loyalty and grace." -- Karen Long, Book Editor, Sunday, December 14, 2008. [complete article] Orion May 2009 Other Editions Orion, May 2009 Trade paperback. Audio download, audible.com, narrated By Alyssa Bresnahan. Unabridged. Online Reading Audiofile of UKL's Lavinia reading at the Corvallis-Benton County Library MP3 [24Mb] Harcourt April 2008 Reviews IO9 01/11/09 Lavinia "is one of the most eloquent, profound and moving novels I have ever read and it should have won every major literary award out there." [complete review] Jo Fletcher's Picks IO9 The Independent 9/08/09 "With this characteristically graceful retelling of the final stages of Virgil's Aeneid, one of the master fabulists of our time crowns a great career. A luminous novel that should appeal across genres and generations." Mariner Books April 2009 http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 14 of 21 "The Hit List" The Subtle Knife 1 August 2009 "...through the elusive voice that speaks here, shifting and uncoiling like a thread of smoke in still air, Le Guin addresses a wide range of issues -- the use of power, the differences (as always!) between men and women, the meaning of war, cruelty and violence; and the nature of the creative and artistic process of storytelling and mythmaking itself." [complete review] Times On Line 28 June 2009 (Excerpt) "...ranging through historical, political and spiritual arenas, across centuries, through dreams and poems and geographical fact... This is a work of passion, written with cool expertise: a cracker." [complete review] -- Lucy Atkins "Summer reading: fiction roundup" The Australian 5 July 2009 (Excerpt) "Le Guin cleverly and playfully... asserts Lavinia as a real person in her own right, while at the same time leaving her subject to her immutable role in The Aeneid. The contrast is intriguing, and adds a surprising and interesting depth to what would in any event have been an exceedingly well-told tale." -- George Williams "Expa nd ing on Virgil" The Telegraph 21 June 2009 (Excerpt) "Her achievement is to complement the original epic so distinctively, as if in a dialogue or dance with the poet who inspired her." -- John Garth [complete review] The Guardian 14 June 2009 (Excerpts) She is a social novelist in the best sense of the term [...] her ultimate concern is with the real world. In this novel, Virgil's imaginary Italy allows her a manipulatory freedom which a more realistic method would not. [complete review] Tobia s Hill http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 15 of 21 The Guardian Times Literary Supplement May 22, 2009 (Excerpts) ...Ursula Le Guin's vivid novel gives Lavinia a voice, without any serious pretence that the experience of a princess of the Bronze Age can be recalled. ... The world she describes in tender detail is a pastoral utopia, sufficiently alien from modern values to catch the interest of an author who has always chosen to examine the workings of contemporary society by imagining something wholly different.... ...The most haunting passages of the novel imagine Lavinia meeting the shade of Virgil at the sacred shrine of Albunea, where spirits communicate with the living. These encounters are necessarily perplexing, for Lavinia knows that she has no life outside Virgil's poem.... Virgil is brought to acknowledge that he has not done justice to the self-possessed, dark young woman who stands before him: "I thought you were a blonde!" Here Le Guin makes her authority felt, insisting on a different kind of reality.... But this is not a matter of Le Guin affirming a superior understanding. Virgil's dignity and stature are given their full weight, and a sense of his sadness suffuses the novel.... ...Lavinia's enduring vitality lies in her love for her flawed and courageous husband, who represents a society with `certain homely but delicate values, such as ... loyalty, modesty, and responsibility.' Le Guin has her own modesty, and would not claim to have superseded Virgil's achievement. Her novel ... is a moving testament to the conversations that great writers sustain through the centuries. -- Dinah Birch Times Literary Supplement Ma y 22, 2009 "[A] subtly moving, playful, tactfully told story, a novel that brought me to tears more than once." -- Charlotte Higgins The Guardian, 23 May 2009 [complete review] "...a perfectly balanced blend of feeling, metre and storytelling..." -- Guy Haley Dea th Ray [complete review] [240Kb PDF] "...deserves to be ranked with Robert Graves's I, Claudius." -- --Publishers Weekly starred review [complete review] http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 16 of 21 "...a love offering to one of the world's great poets..." --Library Journal starred review "Arguably her best novel..." -- Kirkus starred review "Le Guin's accumulated wisdom and clear-eyed awareness of political and gender issues are quietly folded into a dignified, courageous heroine -- giving her a depth and warmth that makes this compelling reading." Deirdre Baker reviews Lavinia for The Toronto Star. [complete review] "Sing Muse, of the woman unsung: Ursula Le Guin's Lavinia is for both scholars and laymen." The Inkwell Review interviews UKL and reviews Lavinia. "Ursula K. Le Guin, True Original" -- Rick Simonson reports on UKL's Lavinia reading at Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle, for PW. "...a highly readable, wise, contemporary novel...." Clay Evans reviews Lavinia for the Daily Ca mera , Boulder, CO [offsite link] "Lavinia is a magnificent book, an intellectual, moral and emotional achievement..." Cecelia Holland reviews Lavinia for Locus [complete review] The Book Show, ABC Australia, interviews UKL. Transcript and audio. [Offsite link] "Le Guin resists the urge to pass judgment, letting the story tell itself. Her narrator's empathy and tolerance not only make her a compelling character. They also illuminate what is best in The Aeneid , offering us a fresh perspective on our leading epic of how the West was won." -- Mike Fischer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel [complete review] "Lavinia has no feminist ax to grind, but immortality has given her a lot of time to think and she wants to set the record straight." -- Susan Balée, Philadelphia Inquirer [complete review] "...devotees and new readers alike have an immensely important work -- perhaps the masterwork of her career -- to revel in." -- Victoria A. Brownworth, Baltimore Sun. [complete review] "...the inspired novelist has turned back toward the past -- or, to be precise, poetry and myth about the past, because Lavinia is a literary rather than a historical figure -- and written one of the finest novels she has ever made....'" -- Alan Cheuse, Chicago Tribune. [complete review] "Le Guin recasts this story with primal vigor and spare but powerful language." -- Barbara McMichael, The Olympian Online [complete review] "...ripe with that half-remembered virtue, wisdom..." -- Laura Miller, Salon.com. [complete review] "Ursula Le Guin's delightful new novel..." -- Alan Cheuse for "All Things Considered" [complete review -- Text or audio] http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 17 of 21 "In simple, stately prose that does no violence to Vergil's work, Le Guin presents the rough, unpretentious dignity of the ancient pagans." -- Eve Ottenberg, The Washington Post. [complete review] "...an absorbing, reverent, magnificent story, one I will be pressing upon my friends all year." -- Karen Long, Cleveland Plain Dealer. [complete review] "Everywhere Le Guin catches the rhythms of the great epic, echoes them, riffs. In a way, this is a jazzy book, playing in odd syncopation with a massive canonical work." -- LA Times Calendar Online [more] "Ursula K. Le Guin's brilliant new novel..." -- Portland Oregonian [more] "...compulsively readable... a winning combination of history and mythology...." -- Booklist [more] "Ursula Le Guin Champions Vergil's Neglected Heroine." -- Yvonne Zipp, The Christian Science Monitor [complete review] "A Princess Seeking a Voice." -- Cynthia Crossen; interview & review, The Wall Street Journal. [complete article] More about Lavinia http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 18 of 21 http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 19 of 21 http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 20 of 21 Search Site Outline Website Copyright © 2010 by Ursula K. Le Guin #1181344 Updat ed Tuesday January 26 2010 W ebmas t er http://www.ursulakleguin.com/UKL_info.html 21 of 21

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