Justice Department Doesn't Like Google Books Settlement 2.0
This just in from The New York Times (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/05/technology/internet/05publish.html):
"In another blow to Google’s plan to create a giant digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department on Thursday said that a class-action settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers had significant legal problems, even after recent revisions."
I have speculated that the Obama Justice Department, after sidetracking the original Google Books settlement with a devastating "Statement of Interest," would be the de facto decider of the fate of Settlement 2.0.
If I was right about that, this settlement is dead.
"In another blow to Google’s plan to create a giant digital library and bookstore, the Justice Department on Thursday said that a class-action settlement between the company and groups representing authors and publishers had significant legal problems, even after recent revisions."
I have speculated that the Obama Justice Department, after sidetracking the original Google Books settlement with a devastating "Statement of Interest," would be the de facto decider of the fate of Settlement 2.0.
If I was right about that, this settlement is dead.
posted by Irv Muchnick at 8:56 PM
1 Comments:
Irv, the Supremes have ruled!
The Second has been revered & the copyright suit remanded to them for ruling on the original objections!
The settlement os alive!
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