Judge rejects Google’s deal with authors and publishers to put books online

The decision comes as regulators in this country and in Europe scrutinize Google’s supremacy in the search business. The judge’s thinking, laid out in a 48-page filing, echoed many of the antitrust arguments made by the Department of Justice when it criticized the deal a year ago.
Google vowed on Tuesday to continue digitizing books, only a portion of which are affected by the settlement, which would have allowed Google to sell access to millions of out-of-print books to consumers and libraries.
“This is clearly disappointing, but we’ll review the court’s decision and consider our options,” said Hilary Ware, managing counsel at Google. “Like many others, we believe this agreement has the potential to open up access to millions of books that are currently hard to find in the U.S. today.”

　「裁判所が両者が和解した内容を認めない」っていうことがあるんだ。グーグルの電子書籍化は著作権者よりも読者のベネフィットを考量しているという点でいいと思いますが、既存の権利者との調整を慎重に事業を進めてほしいな〜。