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Library Stuff (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Bloomberg – “U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New York yesterday rejected Amazon.com’s argument that the settlement is “doomed from the start and fails to satisfy even the low standard for preliminary approval.” He said Amazon.com can make its arguments during a Feb. 18 hearing to determine if the agreement should be granted final approval.”
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
From the Bloomberg Story: Amazon.com Inc., the world’s largest online retailer, failed to persuade a federal judge to withdraw his preliminary approval of a settlement between Google Inc. and groups of authors and publishers over a digital book library. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New York yesterday rejected Amazon.com’s argument that the settlement is “doomed...
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Resource Shelf (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
From the Article: In an interview with Litigation Daily, Reback says he expects the settlement, which was recently revised, will go back to the drawing board for a third round. Reback says he thinks the changes in 2.0, which were submitted to Judge Denny Chin on November 13, haven’t satisfied the issues raised by the Department of [...]
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Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... publishers, librarians, and a great many readers—were trained on the court and its judge, Denny Chin, because this seemingly small-scale squabble over copyright looked likely to determine the digital future for all of us. Google has by now digitized some ten million books. On what terms will it make those texts available to readers? That is the question before Judge Chin....
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3quarksdaily (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
... publishers, librarians, and a great many readers—were trained on the court and its judge, Denny Chin, because this seemingly small-scale squabble over copyright looked likely to determine the digital future for all of us. Google has by now digitized some ten million books. On what terms will it make those texts available to readers? That is the question before Judge Chin. If...
