Writers Upset with Publishers/Goggle Deal
National writers' organizations representing
authors of books in a variety of genres believe a secret deal between Google
and major book publishers may encourage Google to digitize, use, and sell
copyrighted books illegally. The writers' groups ask the Department of Justice
to review whether the terms of the secret deal may violate Federal antitrust
law. Google and the Association of
American Publishers (AAP) announced October 4 that they had signed a settlement
agreement that means the publishers no longer are litigants in an ongoing suit
against Google for copyright violations.
