Google's digital book
The U.S. 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.
The opinion filed Thursday in New York federal court is a significant setback in Google’s effort to win approval of a 15-month-old legal settlement that would put the Internet search leader in charge of a vast electronic library and store.
A diverse mix of Google rivals, consumer watchdogs, academic experts, literary agents, state governments and even foreign governments have already urged U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to reject the agreement.
The Justice Department’s perspective presumably will carry more weight with Chin, given its position as the chief U.S. law enforcement agency.
In its 26-page brief, the Justice Department praised the revised settlement for making “substantial progress” since it objected to the original agreement in September.
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