A federal judge has dismissed New York, Tuesday, March 22, the agreement reached by Google with U.S. publishers. The latter was intended to settle a dispute over the copyright in a digital library project. "I conclude that the agreement is not fair, adequate or reasonable," said Federal Judge Denny Chin in its decision.
Google, the Authors' Union and the Association of American Publishers have reached an agreement in October 2008, following lawsuits initiated in 2005 by authors and publishers against the California firm about copyright books digitized. Pursuant to the agreement, Google has pledged $ 125 million to compensate authors whose works were scanned without permission and establish a "fund of rights to the book" providing income to the authors accept that their books to be scanned .
The U.S. Justice Department had criticized the agreement, however, amended last year to give Google "potentially significant benefits and competitive." "Since (the U.S. government) and others have noted, many of the objections would be waived" if it were an agreement that participation would be optional, rather than assuming automatic membership agreement unless specifically denied served, "said Chin, leaving the door open for further legal process. 
Google, the Authors' Union and the Association of American Publishers have reached an agreement in October 2008, following lawsuits initiated in 2005 by authors and publishers against the California firm about copyright books digitized. Pursuant to the agreement, Google has pledged $ 125 million to compensate authors whose works were scanned without permission and establish a "fund of rights to the book" providing income to the authors accept that their books to be scanned .
The U.S. Justice Department had criticized the agreement, however, amended last year to give Google "potentially significant benefits and competitive." "Since (the U.S. government) and others have noted, many of the objections would be waived" if it were an agreement that participation would be optional, rather than assuming automatic membership agreement unless specifically denied served, "said Chin, leaving the door open for further legal process.
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