From The San Jose Mercury News
Judge delays Google books hearing
By Elise Ackerman
A federal judge Tuesday postponed a hearing to determine the fairness of the Google Book Search settlement, a landmark court case involving Google and a group representing the nation's authors and publishers.
U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in New York said he was moving the date of the hearing from June 11 to Oct. 7. He said he would also extend the deadline for authors and publishers to opt out of the settlement from May 5 to Sept. 4....
An increasing number of authors, copyright specialists, academics, law professors and public interest groups have opposed the 134-page settlement, saying that it goes too far. "It is clear to us that the settlement, if approved, will shape the future of reading, research, writing and publication practices for decades to come," Professor Pamela Samuelson of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law [and School of Information] wrote in an April 27 letter to the judge....
This story also appeared in the Contra Costa Times