Google Books court saga continues
Published: 08 Oct 2009 10:44 BST
The Google Books case will continue for at least a few more months, as a judge in New York has set a November deadline for the submission of a new settlement.
Google's original settlement, with groups representing publishers and authors over the right to digitise certain kinds of books, was met with objection from authors, privacy advocates and, perhaps most importantly, the US Department of Justice. A hearing on whether to approve that settlement was originally scheduled for Wednesday, but last month the publisher and author groups asked for more time to work out a new deal that satisfies the Justice Department's concerns.
The parties were directed by Judge Denny Chin to submit a reworked settlement by 9 November, according to the Associated Press. An approval hearing would be held at some point after that, and the judge will only hear objections to any of the new provisions at that hearing.
For more on this story, see November deadline for new Google Books deal at CNET News.com.
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