The American court gave writers for another 4 months to think about cooperation with Google

The US Federal Court, who analyzes the terms of the Agreement between Google Corporation and Book publishers regarding the books of books, gave writers four more months to think about whether to join this agreement.

According to the Computer , in accordance with the Google Print Library Project program, excerpts of several million books that are protected by copyright were posted into the network. According to the corporation, the books that were dusting in the deposit libraries, thereby was given a chance to find new readers.

Nevertheless, in 2005, the US Authority Guild sued Google for copyright violations. A few weeks later, book publishers joined the lawsuit.

In October 2008, Google and copyright holders regulated the conflict. The corporation agreed to pay publishers and authors $ 125 million, as well as upload secure books to paid access. Google will receive 37% of income from the sale of digital versions of books. In addition, the company expressed its readiness to give another $ 60 for each new scanned book.

In November 2008, the court appointed the final consideration of the case for June 2009; Now the date of hearings is pushed back to October 7.

All other terms remain valid. So, the book should be scanned until May 5, so that the author can apply for his fee.

At the same time, the American media report that another barrier may arise on the path of a peaceful solution to the conflict. The US Department of Justice greatly doubts that the agreement between the corporation and the authors/publishers does not violate the antimonopoly legislation.