U.S. Federal Judge Denny Chin on Tuesday rejected the proposed $125 million settlement of the “Google Books” lawsuit by Google, Inc and groups representing authors and publishers.  The settlement grew out of a lawsuit concerning Google’s scanning, indexing, and displaying snippets of millions of books without the permission of the copyright owners.  While acknowledging potential [...]

You find a range of opinions on orphan works legislation in Congress, including among Copyright Alliance members. But I believe all out there who care about copyright and creators’ rights agree that nothing good will come of an artist being denied their rights even when they are making efforts to ensure their works can be [...]