Juan Carlos Perez reports: Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have been given one more month to rework their agreement to settle copyright infringement lawsuits that the author and publisher groups filed against the search company. At a status hearing today, Judge Denny Chin told the parties they have until Nov….
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Privacy groups: Add privacy into Google Book Search
Cindy Cohn of EFF writes: Today EFF along with the ACLU and the privacy authors and publishers they represent, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries and the Association of College and Research Libraries, CDT, EPIC, SFLC, Professor James Grimmelman sent a joint letter to Google urging it to include privacy protections along…
Google Book Search: Motion to Adjourn the Fairness Hearing
From The Laboratorium: The author and publisher plaintiffs filed a motion to adjourn the fairness hearing, together with a short supporting memorandum. Google does not oppose the motion. The executive summary: The parties are renegotiating the settlement (with each other and the DOJ). The issues are too complex to present a revised settlement by October…
DOJ says court should reject Google book search settlement
Juan Carlos Perez reports: The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company’s book search program. “This Court should reject the Proposed Settlement in its current form and encourage the parties to continue negotiations,” reads a…