If It Prints, I'll Let You Know

The judge ruling on the case about book scanning and copyrights has been asked by Google Inc., the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers until Nov. 13^th. The reason is because they need more time to work out changes addressing the concerns of the Justice Department, for they might be anti-competitive. Google Inc, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers all faced a Monday deadline to have final revisions for the rulings that have been handed down. The revisions are to cover Justice Department, European nations and others whom have stated that the current agreement is too broad. Sources close to the parties involved have said that discussions on the matter are still going on regarding the Justice Departments’ concerns for the copyrights and owners of the rights.

In 2005, the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers filed suits against Google Inc. over the book scanning and posting of books violated copyrights of said holders. The three came to an agreement in October 2008. In September, the Justice department filed objections stating that the agreement was unfair to some rights holders. They stated that foreign authors and the competition who whom sell electronic or E-books would be damaged greatly by the agreement. The agreement reached by the parties have stated that Google Inc. has the ability to sell digital versions of books, with some of the proceeds going towards the authors and publishers, whom have the rights to the copyrights.

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