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Microsoft and Amazon fight Google Books Deal
Ars Technica reports: A coalition of Internet heavyweights, including Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon are ganging up against Google in opposition to the Google Books settlement. The three companies, as well as a number of other interest groups including the Internet Archive, feel that the settlement between Google and book publishers is anticompetitive and have joined what's currently being called the Open Book Alliance. Together, the groups plan to voice their concerns to the US Department of Justice, though Google insists that book publishers still have plenty of options under the nonexclusive deal.
Google Books has been dealing with legal issues since its inception, first due to a legal battle with the publishing industry and later in a battle with regulators due to its settlement with the publishing industry. The Authors Guild had originally accused Google of "massive copyright infringement" because the company digitized numerous copyrighted books and offered the text online for free.
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