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• Article | 8/04/2010 Photographers sue Google over book scanning

  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...
• Article | 5/02/2010 US DOJ: Thumbs down again to Google book search settlement

  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 ...
• Article | 29/01/2010 India objects to Google book settlement

  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...
• Article | 11/01/2010 Google apologizes to Chinese authors for book scanning

  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...
• Article | 22/11/2009 Judge sets schedule for Google book search case

  The judge in the copyright infringement case pitting the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) against Google and its book se...
• Article | 19/11/2009 Chinese authors turn up heat on Google over book scanning

  A Chinese authors' group demanded late Wednesday that Google compensate writers whose books the U.S. company scanned without permission, cranking up t...
• Article | 15/11/2009 Google, plaintiffs submit revised book search settlement

  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...
• Article | 10/11/2009 Google, plaintiffs blow book search settlement deadline

  Google, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) need more time to revise the proposed settlement of the copyright infringem...
• Article | 20/10/2009 EU says Europe must scan books as does Google

  The European Commission issued a call to arms to European lawmakers and those involved in the process of digitizing books Monday, urging the European ...
• Article | 25/09/2009 Judge agrees to postpone Google Books hearing

  The Authors Guild, the Association of American Publishers (AAP) and Google will get more time to modify their proposed agreement to settle lawsuits th...
• Article | 23/09/2009 Plaintiffs ask for more time in Google book search case

  The Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) want more time to rework their proposed agreement with Google to settle a lawsuit o...
• Article | 19/09/2009 DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement

  The US Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed against ...
• Article | 21/09/2009 DOJ: Court should reject Google book search settlement

  The U.S. Department of Justice has come out against the proposed agreement to settle copyright lawsuits that authors and major publishers filed agains...
• Article | 9/09/2009 Group of authors opposes Google book settlement

  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 b...
• Article | 4/09/2009 Supporters press for Google Books settlement

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