Inquiry Is Confirmed into Google Books Deal
New York Times, July 2, 2009
By Miguel Helft
The Justice Department confirmed that it was conducting an antitrust investigation into the settlement of a lawsuit that groups representing authors and publishers filed against Google. The $125 million settlement would give Google the right to display the books online, and to profit from them by selling access to individual titles and by selling subscriptions to its entire collection to libraries and other institutions. Revenue would be shared among Google, authors and publishers.
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