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Google digital books talks judge extends time

Federal judge Denny Chin has given authors' and publishers' groups nine months to resolve a six-year-old legal dispute over plans by Google to create the world's largest digital library.

Google has already scanned some 15 million books in what it said is an effort to provide easier access to the world's knowledge.

Writers and publishers, however, disagree with the action and its consequences.

According to Reuters' reporting, Chin agreed on September 12, 2011, to the schedule of discovery and legal briefs to be filed up to July 2012, unless a deal is agreed before then.

The talks are aimed at amending a settlement to a 2005 lawsuit.

Under the original settlement, authors and publishers were to register works and be paid when those works and other publications were sold online.

The settlement covered books that were out of print, but still under copyright.

Chin rejected the settlement last March, citing antitrust and copyright concerns.

He has urged it be amended to include only books whose copyright owners agree to the arrangement, rather than require authors to opt out, as was Google's initial mechanism.

Amazon and Microsoft Corp together with some academics and authors said the original settlement appeared to violate copyright and antitrust law. The U.S. Justice Department agreed.

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