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Litigation

Mar. 24, 2011

Judge Rejects Settlement Deal Over Google Library As Unfair to Publishers

A federal judge has rejected a $125 million settlement deal between Mountain View-based Google Inc. and The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


A federal judge has rejected a $125 million settlement deal between Mountain View-based Google Inc. and The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers. The terms of the settlement would have allowed for the establishment of Google Book Search, a massive digital library.


In a 48-page opinion issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York rebuked ...

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