Maggie Shiels, BBC News; Judge delays Google books hearing:
""Clearly voices such as ours had an impact on Judge Chin," wrote consumer watchdog advocate John Simpson in an email to BBC News.
"There was no way the proposed settlement could go forward. We believe that the proper place to solve many of the case's thorniest problems, such as that of orphan books, is in Congress because it is important to build digital libraries."
Orphan books - of which there are thought to be five million - are titles where the authors cannot be found.
Judge Chin has called for a "status conference" to be held on 7 October - the original date for the hearing - to determine "how to proceed with the case as expeditiously as possible". "
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8274115.stm
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