Cyberlaw Cases

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:

1. Sarah Canzoneri, a member of the Children’s Book Guild
2. Scott E. Gant (author and class action specialist)
3. Microsoft
   
4. Amazon.com
5. Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America and the American Society of Journalists and Authors
6. Professor Pamela Samuelson, UC Berkeley
7. Cindy Cohn (EFF), on behalf of the Privacy Authors and Publishers
8. Yasuhiro Saito, on behalf of the Japanese P.E.N. Club et al.
9. The French Republic
10. The Federal Republic of Germany
11. The State of Connecticut
12. Questia Media
13. AT&T
14. Cynthia Arato, on behalf of the New Zealand Society of Authors
15. Consumer Watchdog
16. EPIC
17. Open Book Alliance
18. Andrew Devore, on behalf of Arlo Guthrie, Julia Wright, Catherine Ryan Hide, and Eugene Linden
19. Matthew Weiss, on behalf of Darlene Marshall
20. VG WORT

Speaking in Favor:

1. The Institute of Intellectual Property & Social Justice, Howard University School of Law
2. Sony Electronics
3. National Federation of the Blind
4. Paul N. Courant, University of Michigan Library
5. 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!