Washington Post Monopoly Concerns Put Google Book Search on Shaky Ground eWeek The amended Google Book Search agreement to scan millions of books online and sell them to readers remains in limbo in the wake of the Department of Justice's statement that the deal stands to make Google a monopoly in the digital book market. … Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal BusinessWeek Justice Dept to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar Wired News Authors Guild: We don't want to be the RIAA CNET InformationWeek
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February 6th, 2010
Feds still troubled by Google’s digital book deal – BusinessWeek
BBC News Feds still troubled by Google's digital book deal BusinessWeek The US Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns.
February 6th, 2010
Justice Department tells Google to try again on book deal – San Jose Mercury News
Reuters Justice Department tells Google to try again on book deal San Jose Mercury News The US Department of Justice said Thursday that Google's latest proposal to create a digital database of millions of out-of-print books still risks giving the company a monopoly in the digital books market and threatens to undermine …
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Justice Dept to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar – Wired News
BBC News Justice Dept to Google Books: Close, But No Cigar Wired News Google's plan to digitize the world's books into a combination research library and bookstore has hit another snag, in the form of a US Justice Department statement that “despite substantial progress made, issues remain” with the …
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Top Publishers to Seek More Control of E-Book Prices – BusinessWeek
Washington Post Top Publishers to Seek More Control of E-Book Prices BusinessWeek Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest Internet retailer, will have to give publishers more control over the prices of digital books to match an agreement forged with Macmillan, according to the Authors Guild. …
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Google Book Settlement Falls Short For Justice Dept. – InformationWeek
Reuters Google Book Settlement Falls Short For Justice Dept. InformationWeek Google's latest effort to settle the copyright lawsuit brought against it by The Authors Guild and several publishers in 2005 suffered a setback on Thursday when the US Department of Justice said that copyright and antitrust issues ..
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Justice Dept says Google books deal troubled (Reuters)
Reuters – Changes that Google Inc and the Authors Guild made to an ambitious plan to create a massive online library were inadequate because they fail to address antitrust and copyright concerns, the U.S. Justice Department said on Thursday.
