Federal Judge Rejects Google’s Negotiated Deal to Digitise Books

Google’s ambition to create the world’s largest digital library and bookstore has run into the reality of a 300-year-old legal concept: copyright.The company’s plan to digitize every book ever published and make them widely available was derailed on Tuesday when a federal judge in New York rejected a sweeping $125 million legal settlement the company had worked out with groups representing authors and publishers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/23/technology/23google.htmlAlso see:US judge writes unhappy ending for Google’s online library plans
Google’s controversial plans to create the world’s biggest online library have been shelved by a US judge.In a ruling filed in the US district court in Manhattan, judge Denny Chin ruled the company had gone “too far” in its ambitious plans and rejected a legal settlement with authors and publishers that Google reached in 2008.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/23/google-online-library-plans-thwartedUS judge rejects Google book deal
Google Inc.’s six-year struggle to bring all the world’s books to the Internet suffered another big setback at the hands of a federal judge in Manhattan.Denny Chin, a judge on the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, rejected a 2008 settlement that Google forged with authors and publishers to make millions of books available online. The 48-page decision concludes that the $125 million deal would give the Internet giant the ability to “exploit” books without the permission of copyright owners, echoing the U.S. Justice Department’s concerns about the deal.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704461304576216923562033348.html
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/news/judge-rejects-google-book-deal/story-e6frg90x-1226026503890Google books agreement torpedoed by US court
An agreement between Google and publishers over the web firm’s publication of books online has been blocked by a US court.The web giant has scanned millions of books and made them available online via its eBooks platform.Google had negotiated the deal to settle a six-year-old class action suit claiming infringement of copyright.But the New York court said the deal would “simply go too far”, giving Google an unfair competitive advantage.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-12827031Judge slaps down Google’s digital library settlement
A U.S. judge on Tuesday rejected a $125 million (76 million pounds) settlement between Google Inc and authors that would have let the company publish millions of books online to create the world’s largest digital library.New York Judge Denny Chin said the deal gave Google a significant competitive advantage and “would simply go too far” in giving it the power to “exploit” digitized copyrighted works by selling subscriptions to them online without permission.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/2011/03/22/oukin-uk-books-google-idUKTRE72L71I20110322
http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/03/23/idINIndia-55794420110323