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- Judge sets Feb. hearing for new Google Books deal
- The judge overseeing the Google Books case has laid out the schedule for the second round of the final approval process, at the same time granting preliminary approval of the revised deal.Like before, opponents of Google's settlement with groups representing authors and publishers will have a comment period in which...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Judge sets schedule for Google book search case
- IDG News Service - 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. Judge Denny Chin from the U.S. District...
- News items 2009-11-20
- Judge In Google Book Settlement Case Says Photographers Are Not Authors
- The latest twist in the ongoing settlement talks between Google and book authors is that yesterday, the judge in the case denied an attempt by photographers to become part of the settlement. In the decision embedded below, Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that photographers are not...
- News items 2009-11-05
- Judge Delays Hearing In Google Books Case, As Talks Accelerate
- With talks to change the terms of Google’s settlement with publishers over its book-scanning project in full-force, a federal judge has delayed a long-awaited hearing in the case. Both Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and the Author’s Guild had filed motions with the court asking for the hearing to be delayed,...
- External links 2009-09-24
- Judge Sets Nov. 9 Deadline For Revised Google Books Settlement
- The federal judge overseeing the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Books case is willing to give the company and the plaintiffs until Nov. 9 to come up with a U.S. settlement that works. The original proposed settlement ran into problems with the U.S. Department of Justice, which saw some potential antitrust...
- External links 2009-10-07
- Photographers Are Not Authors says Judge in Google Book Case
- Erick Schonfeld submits: The latest twist in the ongoing settlement talks between Google GOOG and book authors is that Wednesday, the judge in the case denied an attempt by photographers to become part of the settlement. In the decision embedded below, Judge Denny Chin basically ruled that...
- External links 2009-11-05
- Google, authors asked to submit deal changes by November 9
- NEW YORK (Reuters) - Changes to a settlement that would allow Google Inc to put million of books online should be presented in court by November 9, the judge presiding over the case said on Wednesday. Google's plan has been praised for bringing broad access to books but has also...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Dismiss suit against Brooks Bros. (Brooks Brothers Inc.; age discrimination case)(Brief Article)
- NEW YORK FNS - A federal court judge has dismissed an age discrimination suit filed against Brooks Brothers Inc. by a 51-year-old store manager who was fired in 1990 after being accused of sexually harassing a female stock clerk. In a 17-page opinion, Manhattan Federal...
- Research articles 1996-06-14
- Google's Sergey Brin lashes out at critics of $125m book deal
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin has hit out at critics who derailed the company's $125m deal with American publishers to give it the right to digitise millions of books. The proposal, which promised to create a huge library of material available through Google's website, is currently being renegotiated after...
- News items 2009-10-09
- Two cheers for Google Books
- Editors' note: This is a guest column. See Larry Downes' bio below.A month and a half after Google and the leading trade associations for publishers and authors withdrew their proposed settlement over Google Books, the parties on Friday filed a new version of the agreement.The hope is that this new...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Google, authors and publishers get a month to fix settlement
- IDG News Service - Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers have been given one more month to rework their agreement to settle copyright infringement lawsuits that the author and publisher groups filed against the search company. At a status hearing today, Judge Denny Chin told the...
- News items 2009-10-07
- U.C. Professors Air Google Book Search Settlement Concerns
- 18 faculty members for the University of California say they are concerned about the Google Book Search settlement. Though the professors aren't opposing the deal, they are seeking changes that will prevent price-gouging, as well as mechanisms to let academic authors of orphan books license their books to the public...
- News items 2009-08-17
- Google offers concessions on books deal
- Google Books submission after US government objections promises greater flexibility and more modest international scope Google will ease its control over millions of copyright-protected books earmarked for its digital library, if a court approves a revised lawsuit settlement. The offer comes two months after the US Justice...
- News items 2009-11-16
- Through the Wire.
- By Todd Spangler, Linda Haugsted and Mike Farrell Could You Rewind That, Your Honor? Todd Spangler, Linda Haugsted, Mike Farrell Maybe he's using it to record a bunch of stuff from Court...
- Research articles 2006-11-06
- 'Naked Cowboy' takes on M&M's as lawsuit goes on
- NEW YORK AFP — The "Naked Cowboy," a fixture of Times Square who plays guitar in his underwear, chewed out M&M's on Wednesday after a judge allowed his trademark infringement lawsuit against the candy maker to proceed. Robert Burck, 37, a guitar-playing cowboy dressed only in a pair of...
- Research articles 2008-06-25
- Momentum Shifts Against Google in Old Books Controversy
- A number of new developments in the proposed settlement of a class action suit between Google and some authors over who will control the publishing rights of millions of out-of-print books indicate that the growing opposition to the terms of that settlement are gaining momentum. ...
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- November 9th Target Set In Google Books Case
- An end to the long-running argument over the Google Books settlement may be in sight. A federal judge has asked both sides to return to court and submit a new agreement by November 9th, with the idea of completely wrapping things up a month or two later. Originally, a Fairness...
- News items 2009-10-07
- Google looks to ease copyright concerns
- When Google and representatives of the US book industry appear before a judge in New York today, concessions for publishers and authors elsewhere around the world are expected to be high on the agenda.Those concessions, according to Google's rivals and other observers, are likely to feature in attempts to...
- External links 2009-11-08
- Parties Seek More Time to Craft Google Books Deal
- From our colleagues at Media Decoder: The parties to the Google book settlement, which would legalize the creation of a vast library of digital books, have asked the judge overseeing a revision of the agreement for an extension to this Friday, Nov. 13. At a hearing in October, Google and...
- News items 2009-11-09
- Google's digital book plan rides on revised deal
- Google Inc.'s plans to add millions of copyright-protected books to its digital library are riding on a new legal settlement addressing the objections of U.S. government regulators who don't want Google to gain too much power over a new market. The revisions, which were expected to be filed with a...
- News items 2009-11-13
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