DoJ Intervenes Against Google Book Search
The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) tonight has informed the federal judge overseeing a proposed class-action settlement of the Google Book Search case that it officially opposes the settlement, as currently structured, but that since the parties are continuing to negotiate, it reserves the right to revise its legal opinion about the case in the future. An initial reading of the 32-page filing leads to the impression that the Obama administration may be more ambivalent about opposing the proposed settlement than these bottom-line conclusions might suggest. This is because the department’s document strikes its most articulate and unambiguous tone when it clearly recognizes the potential public good that Google has already accomplished to date: “The proposed settlement has the potential…
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