Perspective
Apr. 5, 2011
With Its Settlement Rejected, What’s Next for Google Books?
With its first attempt rejected, why a revised Google Books settlement may very well pull Congress into the mix. By Richard E. Posell of JAMS.
In May 2009, I wrote about the then-imminent settlement hearing in the class action by publishers and authors against Google's book scanning project, called simply, Google Books. The settlement involved a complex forward-looking resolution not only of the actions Google had then taken (scanning books, searching for them, and displaying snippets) but also insulated Google from future uses such as selling and licensing books, and selling su...
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