Microsoft, Yahoo, and Amazon have Internet Archive and antitrust lawyer Gary Reback, to try and put a stop to Google's settlement with the Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers over Google Book Search.
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Add to that, the New York Library Association, the Special Libraries Association, and the American Society of Journalists and Authors, who are part of the coalition, which has yet to be announced officially. Alex Pham with the LA Times
The coalition has until September 4th to make something happen, as the deadline for comments on the settlement, reached in October 2008, draws near. This settlement would see a 70%/30% revenue split between authors/publishers and Google respectively. Google is no doubt more interested in the potential ad revenue it could rake in.
Meanwhile, Google has been making friends with some former opponents. Reports this week, have Google
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