The U.S. Justice Department still thinks a proposal to give Google the digital rights to millions of hard-to-find books threatens to stifle competition and undermine copyright laws, despite revisions aimed at easing those concerns. The opinion filed Thursday in New York federal court is a significant setback ...

A US judge set February 18 for a hearing on the revised legal settlement between Google and US authors and publishers that would allow the Internet giant to scan and sell millions of books online. Judge Denny Chin also granted preliminary approval to the agreement in a move welcomed by Google but which opponents said was procedural and had no ...

A federal judge set a Nov. 9 deadline Wednesday for submission of a revised agreement in the battle over Google Inc.'s effort to get digital rights to millions of out-of-print books. Then the debate over the fairness of the plan will resume. U.S ...

Internet giant Google and representatives of US authors were instructed Wednesday by a judge to submit a renegotiated settlement by November 9 clearing the way for millions of books to be published online. "I will expect an amended agreement for preliminary approval," said federal Judge Denny Chin in New York. An attorney speaking for the US Authors Guild and the ...