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US confirms Google books inquiry
The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has confirmed it is mounting a formal antitrust investigation into Google’s USD125m US publisher deal, which would give the search giant the right to digitise and sell millions of books.
"We have determined that the issues raised by the proposed settlement warrant further inquiry," says the DoJ’s William Cavanaugh in a letter to Judge Denny Chin, who is overseeing the case.
One of the criticisms of the scheme is that it would give Google the right to digitise and profit from so-called ‘orphan’ books. These are works that are still in copyright, but whose copyright holders cannot be found. Many publishers are uneasy about handing over the rights to these books to Google without thorough consideration.
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