A judge in New York has agreed to give lawyers of Google and the book industry more time to decide how to proceed after he rejected their deal to create a massive online library.
Federal Circuit Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan said that it was fine for lawyers of Google and authors and publishers to return to his courtroom on July 19, 2011, to discuss how they want to proceed.
Chin said the issues are complicated. In March, he rejected the Google Book Settlement Agreement citing antitrust concerns and the need for involvement from Congress. He had then ruled that the agreement would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books, without the permission of copyright owners and would give Google a significant advantage over competitors, rewarding it for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission, while releasing claims well beyond the case.
An attorney for the publishers, Bruce Keller, spoke for all parties when he said they needed several more weeks to figure out all the issues.
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