Judge Refuses Amazon's Request on Google Books

A federal judge has rejected Amazon.com's request that he withdraw preliminary approval of a settlement between Google and groups of authors and publishers to digitize millions of books. In a ruling, U.S. District Judge Denny Chin said he planned to conduct a "thorough fairness analysis" of the settlement at a February 18, 2010 hearing and Amazon could argue its case then.

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