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Quote of the week
‘Just because a book is out of print doesn't mean it belongs to Google. It belongs to me. And if I want to sell my rights to anybody, why the hell should I have to go and ask Google first?...
CAL announces free Google Book Settlement seminars
Copyright Agency Limited (CAL) has announced it will be hold two free seminars in Melbourne and Sydney to discuss the implications of the Google Book Settlement. With the extended Settlement dea...
Judge rejects Amazon claim over Google settlement
Judge Danny Chin has dismissed Amazon's challenge to the revised Google settlement.
Google Settlement: judge sets new deadlines for opting in, fairness hearing
Text Publishing and MUP are new plaintiffs in the Google Settlement following changes to the proposed Settlement announced last week. Australian Society of Authors board member Rob Pullen also in the ...
Amended Google Settlement to include only Australian, US, UK and Canadian rights holders
Works by Australian rightsholders are among the significantly reduced number of titles affected by the Google Settlement, after an amended Settlement was filed in the US last week. The proposed ...
Google Settlement extension granted
The judge in the Google Settlement, Denny Chin, has granted a request to postpone the deadline for submitting revisions to the Google Book Search settlement from November 9 to 'no later than this...
Opponents ask for more time to assess revised Google Settlement
A group of opponents to the Google Book Search Settlement have filed a letter urging judge on the case, Denny Chin, 'not to restrict comments on a revised settlement and to allow more time for wo...
Google judge calls for 'status conference' on 7 October
The judge presiding over the Google Settlement has agreed to delay the Fairness Hearing at the request of the Association of American Publishers and US Authors Guild. Judge Denny Chin has called for t...
Quote of the week
‘Reworking the deal will not be an easy process ... as the parties must address issues ranging from class action law to copyright, as well as antitrust and foreign rights issues'--Publisher...
Objections filed as Google Settlement opt out deadline passes
Microsoft, Yahoo and the German government are among the many entities to have filed an objection to the Google Settlement ahead of the extended deadline for such complaints which passed on Tuesd...
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