Google Books Judge Gets A Promotion
The New York judge overseeing Google's pending $125 million settlement in a copyright-related class-action lawsuit was tapped by President Obama on Tuesday for a spot on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. U.S. District Judge Denny Chin, who requires Senate confirmation, is also known for ruling that Cablevision's planned remote storage digital video recorder would violate copyright. Cablevision appealed and the Second Circuit agreed with the cable operator. Programmers petitioned the Supreme Court to take the case but they were rebuffed this summer. The high court's refusal to hear the case was considered a big win for cable industry innovation.
Meanwhile, Chin has scheduled a Wednesday status hearing on the Google case, which stems from the company's plan to create the world's largest digital library and bookstore. The effort -- and the deal Google reached with authors and publishers -- has raised eyebrows within industry, at the Justice Department and on Capitol Hill. In advance of the hearing, the Open Book Alliance, a group whose members include Amazon.com, Microsoft, the Internet Archive, Yahoo and others, called on Google and its partners to detail how they expect to remedy perceived flaws the original settlement.
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