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• Photographers sue Google over book scanning

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 08 April, 2010 03:32

  Google's years-long attempt to create an online library and store with millions of books will face yet another legal hurdle with the filing of a class-action copyright infringement lawsuit by the American Society of Media Photographers.

• US DOJ: Thumbs down again to Google book search settlement

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 05 February, 2010 11:44

  In a big blow to Google's efforts to build a massive digital-books marketplace and library, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has come out against the revised agreement to settle copyright lawsuits brought against Google by authors and publishers.

• India objects to Google book settlement

  By John Ribeiro | 29 January, 2010 22:23

  About 15 Indian authors and publishers, and two organizations in the country, submitted their objections on Thursday to Google's plan to scan and sell books online.

• Google apologizes to Chinese authors for book scanning

  By Owen Fletcher | 11 January, 2010 20:21

  Google has apologized to a Chinese authors' group over its scanning of books by local writers into an online search system, moving to defuse copyright concerns around the project in China.

• Judge sets schedule for Google book search case

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 22 November, 2009 08:15

  The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book search program has set a date for the final hearing on the parties' controversial settlement proposal.

• Chinese authors turn up heat on Google over book scanning

  By Owen Fletcher | 19 November, 2009 21:02

  A Chinese authors' group demanded late Wednesday that Google compensate writers whose books the U.S. company scanned without permission, cranking up tension in the country over Google's digital library project.

• Google, plaintiffs submit revised book search settlement

  By Elizabeth Heichler | 15 November, 2009 01:04

  Right up against a deadline to submit a revised settlement agreement to a judge overseeing a lawsuit filed against Google by the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers, the parties filed their second take near midnight on Friday. The original settlement agreement had come under fire from many parties but most notably from the U.S. Department of Justice, whose withering and broad critique of the deal led the judge to demand revisions in the proposal.

• Google, plaintiffs blow book search settlement deadline

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 10 November, 2009 08:13

  Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) need more time to revise the proposed settlement of the copyright infringement lawsuits the author and publisher organizations brought against Google over its Book Search program.

• EU says Europe must scan books as does Google

  By Paul Meller | 20 October, 2009 08:57

  The European Commission issued a call to arms to European lawmakers and those involved in the process of digitizing books Monday, urging the European Union to create a "pro-competitive European" answer to the legal arrangement Google and others seek to implement in the US

• Judge agrees to postpone Google Books hearing

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 25 September, 2009 06:58

  The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google will get more time to modify their proposed agreement to settle lawsuits the two organizations filed against the search company over its book search service.

• Plaintiffs ask for more time in Google book search case

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 23 September, 2009 07:51

  The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) want more time to rework their proposed agreement with Google to settle a lawsuit over the search company's book search service.

• DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement

  By Juan Carlos Perez | 21 September, 2009 05:47

  The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against Google over the search company's book search program.

• Group of authors opposes Google book settlement

  By Grant Gross | 09 September, 2009 05:27

  More than two dozen authors and publishers have filed an objection to a proposed settlement that would allow Google to digitize and sell millions of books, saying that the agreement ignores important privacy rights of readers and writers.

• Supporters press for Google Books settlement

  By Grant Gross | 04 September, 2009 05:07

  A proposed settlement between Google and book publishers and authors will give huge new advantages to students, minorities and disabled people, supporters said Thursday.

• EFF urges members to pressure Google on books privacy

  By Grant Gross | 24 July, 2009 06:22

  Digital liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation is urging its supporters to pressure Google to build significant privacy protections into its Book Search service, with the EFF suggesting the service gives Google access to new personal information.