Law… Google Books Update 9 Nov 2009 The settlement agreement will not be presented to Judge Chin today as originally planned. Instead, it should be submitted on Friday. (Source) Even when that happens, though, Judge Chin plans…
Law… New Deadline for Google Books 7 Oct 2009 Just a quickie: United States District Judge Denny Chin has set a new deadline for getting the Google Books settlement done. The new date is November 9, 2009. (Source)
Law… New Life for Old Books, but a Question Arises… 7 Oct 2009 As the parties in the Google Books case get back to the drafting table (this time with very special guest, the United States Department of Justice), one of the stated…
Law… Google Books and Antitrust Problems 19 Sep 2009 The Antitrust Division of the DOJ has weighed in on the Google Books settlement, and rejection of the settlement is urged. (See news articles on it here.) According to the…
Law… Even More on the Google Books Settlement 11 Sep 2009 Settlement agreements rarely get the amount of scrutiny as the proposed agreement in the Google Books controversy, and now the Register of Copyrights, Marybeth Peters, has testified to Congress about…
Law… More on the Google Books Settlement 8 Sep 2009 The Google Books settlement is generating a lot of ink over the past few days, with Microsoft wading into the waters. According to PC Magazine, Microsoft filed objections with the…
Law… Google Books Settlement and Privacy Concerns 7 Sep 2009 Google has always been a problematic company for me. On one hand, its search engine has become the de facto starting point for the vast majority of internet users, so…