Google Constructor Fleet

Posted Sep 11, 2009 15:29 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954)
In reply to: Google Constructor Fleet by pboddie
Parent article: EFF: National Coalition of Authors Urge Rejection of Google Book Search Deal

Google and the "strawman" in this matter are effectively revoking the rights of other people.

Let's at least get the parties straight. Google and the representative plaintiff aren't revoking any rights. A court of law is (assuming, I mean, the deal goes through). And it's not because Google paid the court or threatened it -- it's because a judge really believes it's right. There's certainly room for someone to believe this is a good idea.

This does seem like an unusually legislative use of a class action lawsuit, though.