Information about the Google Book Settlement has been posted on the web. Here's a statement from the Google Book Settlement site:
This is the settlement administration website for the Google Book
Search Copyright Class Action Settlement. The purpose of this website
is to inform you of a proposed Settlement of a class action lawsuit
brought by authors and publishers, claiming that Google has violated
their copyrights and those of other Rightsholders of Books and Inserts
(click for definitions), by scanning their Books, creating an
electronic database and displaying short excerpts without the
permission of the copyright holders. Google denies the claims. The
lawsuit is entitled The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc.,
Case No. 05 CV 8136 (S.D.N.Y.) The Court has preliminarily approved the
Settlement. For further information, please review the Notice.
The Settlement Agreement is here.
More documents relating to the Google Book Settlement can be found here.
A statement by the President of the Authors Guild is here.
Posted by Jon Lutz
