Judge Chin Says He Will Cut the Google Book Settlement

Miracle Jones writes "In a move that has shocked the publishing world, Judge Denny Chin has filed a brief saying that he has decided to cut the Google Book Settlement in half, letting Google host the first half of every book the company has scanned, and letting other interested stakeholders fight for the rights to the rest. 'We think this is a hard decision, but a fair one,' said John Peter Franks for Google. 'We would like to be able to host and control whole books, but at least we get the front half.'"

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[dgatwood]

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I tend to think that if the world were a little less uptight and could take a break once in a while to just laugh, we'd have a lot fewer wars, less terrorism, less crime, and a generally less miserable existence. IMHO, it's unfortunate that people don't take the opportunity to laugh at themselves more than once a year.