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"But the court also recognized that the settlement could come at the price of undermining competition in the marketplace for digital books, giving Google a de facto monopoly over orphan books (meaning, works whose owner cannot be located). The court concluded that solving the orphan works problem is properly a matter for Congress, not private commercial parties."
- Corynne McSherry, Good and Bad in Google Book Search Settlement Decision, eff.org, 23 March 2011.
March 28, 2011