On the Google Settlement: Washington Post (for), William Morris Endeavor (Against-ish)On Saturday the Washington Post weighed in with their long-awaited editorial on the Google Books Settlement. They like it on the whole (“settlement is in many ways better for consumers than the possible outcome of litigation”) though think the clause that blocks the Registry “from offering a better deal to any of the company’s competitors within its first 10 years” is curious and wish it weren’t there. But what does it say that the editorial board doesn’t understand the settlement correctly in the first place? They believe that the Registry […]
