Google Book Search lawsuit settlement

Google and Publishers Association and the Association of the United States Tuesday announced that they have solved the on-line book copyright legal disputes, for which Google will come up with 125,000,000 U.S. dollars to establish a "register of copyright books" fund to address the issue of royalties.
The two sides said in a statement that the settlement agreement reached after Google to scan involved in the company's plans to scan books in major libraries "of millions of books," and other written information.
Under the agreement, Google will come up with 125,000,000 U.S. dollars to establish a "register of copyright books (Book Rights Registry)" fund to address the issue of royalties. The agreement also means that, after the publication of the giant Google filed the class action, nothing came of it.
In 2005, the United States and the Writers Association of American Publishers to sue Google, that Google's Book Search program violated their copyright.
Google to launch in 2004, the book scanning program designed to scan all library books and put them on the Internet. The plan has aroused the concern of some publishers, who worry that Google will control the book market. As of this month, has 20,000 publishers signed with Google, allowing Google to scan their books published