Adapting to the Digital Age: A Q&A with Association of American Publishers President and CEO Patricia S. Schroeder
Extra: How has your past experience as a Congresswoman helped you in this position?
Schroeder: … Clearly, it’s turned out to be really useful. We’ve become more and more involved with the government. It started with getting the Digital Millennium Copyright Act passed in the ’90s. We’ve been working on all sorts of those kinds of issues, and I’m sure we’re going to see more. We have the lawsuit against Google. We have two lawsuits against China for piracy and market access. We’ve continued to work with universities [on] course workbooks. At one time, everyone understood you had to get permission [to copy books to include in course workbooks]. Somehow, at some schools, if [the book] was digital, they didn’t think [they had to get permission]. The law has been very clear—the same rules apply. You’re still making a copy. … When I first came, we didn’t have any lawsuits. Now I spend my time dealing with lawyers.
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