Diverse set of speakers line-up for Google Book fairness hearing
Judge Chin has released an order for the list of speakers at the Google Book Search settlement fairness hearing, scheduled for Feb. 18.
Speaking in Opposition:
- Sarah Canzoneri, a member of the Children’s Book Guild
- Scott E. Gant (author and class action specialist)
- Microsoft
- Amazon.com
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and the American Society of Journalists and Authors
- Professor Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley
- Cindy Cohn (EFF), on behalf of the Privacy Authors and Publishers
- Yasuhiro Saito, on behalf of the Japanese P.E.N. Club et al.
- The French Republic
- The Federal Republic of Germany
- The State of Connecticut
- Questia Media
- AT&T
- Cynthia Arato, on behalf of the New Zealand Society of Authors
- Consumer Watchdog
- EPIC
- Open Book Alliance
- Andrew Devore, on behalf of Arlo Guthrie, Julia Wright, Catherine Ryan Hide, and Eugene Linden
- Matthew Weiss, on behalf of Darlene Marshall
- VG WORT
Speaking in Favor:
- The Institute of Intellectual Property & Social Justice, Howard University School of Law
- Sony Electronics
- National Federation of the Blind
- Paul N. Courant, University of Michigan Library
- Center for Democracy & Technology
Each of the above parties will have only five minutes to make its case. After that, the DOJ speaks, then the parties. Should be quite a hearing!
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