Judge Rejects Google Book Settlement

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A US District Judge has rejected an agreement between Google and some members of the book industry. If the deal had been accepted Google would have put millions of additional books online, in most cases, without the author’s permission.

Judge Denny Chin, in his opinion, wrote: “While the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the ASA would simply go too far.”

He went on to state: “In the end, I conclude that the ASA is not fair, adequate, and reasonable. As the United States Department of Justice and other objectors have noted, many of the concerns raised in the objections would be ameliorated if the ASA were converted from an ‘opt-out’ settlement to an ‘opt-in’ settlement.”

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