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Judge rejects Google’s deal to put books online

Judge rejects Google’s deal to put books online
Judge rejects Google’s deal to put books online By Jia Lynn Yang The Washington Post Published Mar 22, 2011 07:33PM MDT In a blow to Google’s bid to put all books online and expand its Internet dominance, a federal judge in New York on Tuesday rejected its settlement …

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NYC judge rejects Google books settlement

NYC judge rejects Google books settlement
A deal between Google and lawyers for authors and publishers to let the gigantic search engine make money presiding over the world’s largest digital library has been rejected
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Judge Rejects Google Books Settlement: Make It Opt-In

Judge Rejects Google Books Settlement: Make It Opt-In
Federal Judge Denny Chin ruled against the proposed settlement between Google and written content creators, saying that the proposed $125 million agreement (in discussion since 2009 ) is over-broad, and takes too many liberties on the part of orphan works and other potentially disputable items. The agreement would …

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Twitter can be used in court, says top judge

Twitter can be used in court, says top judge
Twitter can be used during court cases to send messages to the outside world, the country’s top judge said today.
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WaMu bankruptcy judge keeps documents secret

WaMu bankruptcy judge keeps documents secret
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The judge in Washington Mutual Inc.’s bankruptcy is refusing to unseal confidential documents she read before appointing an independent examiner to investigate the largest bank failure in U.S. history.
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WikiLeaks: Twitter follows Assange trial after judge gives ‘tweet’ permission

WikiLeaks: Twitter follows Assange trial after judge gives ‘tweet’ permission
Twitter users followed the Julian Assange bail hearing online minute-by-minute after the judge gave journalists permission to ‘tweet’ updates from the courtroom.
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