When Google decided to scan 15 million orphaned eBooks and many classical works seven years ago, the last thing they envisioned was a monumental class action lawsuit. Recently a judge hearing the class refused a proposed $125 million dollar settlement and Google retorted last week that the case should be simply dropped.
Google has claimed that their book scanning technologies have not hindered authors bottom line. They have challenged any of the authors or their estates to prove that they have lost sales. The company furthermore said that their digitization techniques, if anything, has brought accelerated sales, due to the books being heavily indexed in Google Search.
The courts now have asked the Authors Guild to file a response by August 24th 2012. The judge overseeing the case also said that this lawsuit affects comic book and graphic novel artists. I doubt they would enter into the lawsuit at this juncture, but stranger things have happened.
Michael Kozlowski is the Editor in Chief of Good e-Reader. He has been writing about electronic readers and technology for the last four years. His articles have been picked up by major and local news sources and websites such as the Huffington Post, CNET and more. Michael frequently travels to international events such as IFA, Computex, CES, Book Expo and a myriad of others. If you have any questions about any of his articles, please send Michael Kozlowski an email to michael@goodereader.com
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