On Thu, 2009-09-10 at 01:11 +0100, Noah Slater wrote: > On Wed, Sep 09, 2009 at 04:49:04PM -0700, Thomas Lord wrote: > > I have a short series of blog posts on the topic that > > begins with this one: > > > > http://dohrst.blogspot.com/2009/08/google-books-settlement.html > > And mine is here: > > http://tumbolia.posterous.com/google-books-and-copyright-licenses > > Best,
The FSF amicus there is brilliant. Thanks for pointing it out. There are two main objections to the settlement that can stand in court, as far as I can tell: One is that the plaintiff's don't legitimately represent the class. The other is that Google is offering to settle over ill-gotten gains (e.g., Google has no standing to negotiate over the database but does have an obligation to preserve it and hand it over the the court of equity). The FSF amicus appears to hit the first point solidly. -t _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.autonomo.us http://lists.autonomo.us/mailman/listinfo/discuss
