Federal judge sets deadline for amended deal in Google's battle over digital book rightsOctober 7th, 2009 Judge sets deadline for amended Google book dealNEW YORK — A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
Judge postpones hearing on fairness of Google books deal settlement so new deal can be struckSeptember 24th, 2009 Fairness hearing postponed for Google books dealNEW YORK — A judge noted the many objections to a $125 million deal giving Google Inc. digital rights to millions of out-of-print books as he agreed Thursday to postpone a fairness hearing so the agreement can be rewritten to comply with copyright and antitrust laws.
Authors and publishers vow to redo Google settlement to resolve antitrust, copyright concernsSeptember 22nd, 2009 New deal sought in dispute over Google book planNEW YORK — A $125 million settlement of a lawsuit that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books will be renegotiated in light of the U.S.
US Justice Department tells judge Google's digital book deal raises significant legal concernsSeptember 18th, 2009 DOJ balks at Google book deal, hopes for changesNEW YORK — The U.S. Justice Department has advised a federal judge that it has significant concerns about a proposed legal settlement that would give Google the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
NY judge: 400 voices in Google book dispute means speakers at public hearing may be limitedSeptember 16th, 2009 Judge may limit speakers in Google books hearingNEW YORK — A New York judge says about 400 submissions were filed with his chambers prior to a hearing on a hotly disputed class-action settlement that would give Google Inc. the digital rights to millions of out-of-print books.
New Google tool seeks to convert Net into newsstandSeptember 16th, 2009 SAN JOSE - So far, you have been spending time browsing to read news on Internet. But now, top search engine and content giant Google will help you read news, as if you were actually flipping newspapers or magazines.
Head of copyright office tells Congressional panel that Google book deal is 'at odds' with lawSeptember 10th, 2009 Copyright office leader balks at Google book dealWASHINGTON — The head of the U.S. Copyright Office has serious concerns with a class-action settlement that would grant Google the digital rights to millions of books that are no longer being published.
Google agrees to develop separate privacy policy for digital books to satisfy FTCSeptember 3rd, 2009 Google to draw up new privacy policy for booksWASHINGTON — Google has agreed to draw up a separate privacy policy for its digital library in response to a request from the Federal Trade Commission. The concessions come amid a growing outcry among critics who believe a class-action settlement with U.S.
Judge extends deadline to weigh in on Google's digital book deal until Sept. 8September 3rd, 2009 Judge extends deadline to debate Google book dealNEW YORK — A federal judge has extended the deadline to support or protest a class-action settlement that would empower Google to add millions of out-of-print books to its already vast digital library. The new deadline is 10 a.m.
Judge allows Media Exchange to object to Google Book deal on behalf of private book ownersAugust 11th, 2009 Judge allows objection to Google Book dealSAN FRANCISCO — A judge has granted The Media Exchange Company Inc. the opportunity to file an objection to a settlement reached between Google Inc.
University of Michigan, Amazon.com to offer print-on-demand for 400,000 library titlesJuly 21st, 2009 U-M, Amazon offer 400K titles with print-on-demandDETROIT — The University of Michigan says it's teaming up with Amazon.com to offer reprints of 400,000 rare and out-of-print books from its library that no longer are under copyright. The Ann Arbor school announced the arrangement Tuesday.
Google overcomes slowest revenue growth yet to boost 2Q profit 19 pct, topping analyst viewsJuly 16th, 2009 Google 2Q profit up 19 pct amid slowing ad salesMOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google's second-quarter profit rose 19 percent despite the slowest revenue growth since the Internet search leader went public five years ago.
Judge pushes Google book settlement hearing date to October from JuneApril 29th, 2009 Judge delays Google book settlement hearingNEW YORK — The federal court overseeing Google Inc.'s settlement over its book-scanning program is giving authors four more months to opt out of the deal and review its potential pitfalls. Instead of a May 5 deadline, the court ruled Tuesday that authors now have until Sept.
New novel by 'Da Vinci Code' authorApril 21st, 2009 LONDON - Celebrated author Dan Brown has completed the last book in his Da Vinci Code trilogy, a month ahead of the release of movie prequel 'Angels and Demons'. The new book 'The Lost Symbol' is slated to hit bookstores in September.
Google to offer content from European news agenciesMarch 18th, 2009 MADRID - Content from eight of the national news agencies that own the European Pressphoto Agency (EPA) is to be made available on the Internet via Google News, under a new accord announced here. Users of Google News will be able to access both text and photos from the participating agencies, EPA and Google said in a joint statement Tuesday.