Remember the brouhaha a couple years back about Internet search giant Google trying to put copyrighted books online for free? If you're wondering what happened to that, it's been tied up in court. Finally, it looks like the tangled mess is due to be sorted out, sort of. A potential settlement is being floated to the various litigants in the class action lawsuit, with May as a deadline for approval. Here's the story, via Library Journal.
The thing is, the classes in this suit are pretty nebulous. There's just no way to represent all authors and publishers. Yet the ramifications of this litigation could be felt by all of us in the information industry. Already the various classes involved are showing signs of dissent. It'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out.
The thing is, the classes in this suit are pretty nebulous. There's just no way to represent all authors and publishers. Yet the ramifications of this litigation could be felt by all of us in the information industry. Already the various classes involved are showing signs of dissent. It'll be interesting to see how this all shakes out.
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