Google Books: More time needed to revise deal
Published: 10 Nov 2009 08:48 GMT
Google and groups representing authors and publishers have asked for more time to revise their settlement over the rights to scan digital books.
Judge Denny Chin approved the request to extend the deadline to Friday, which was submitted ahead of a Monday night deadline for the parties to submit a revised settlement after the US Department of Justice objected to the settlement as previously worded. After it was sued in 2005 by The Author's Guild and other groups representing the publishing industry over its decision to scan certain types of books without explicit permission, Google reached a settlement in October 2008 that would grant it unique rights to scan books that are out of print but still protected by copyright laws.
However, that settlement has been met with objections from authors and privacy advocates almost since it was filed, and Google has faced a long and difficult road in getting it approved. Monday's delay comes after a Friday meeting with the Justice Department, according to a copy of the request filed with the US Federal Court for the Southern District of New York.
For more on this story, see More time needed for revised Google Books deal on CNET News.
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