Juce je sudija Denny Chin (US Circuit Judge - Manhattan) odbio dogovor (ASA) izmedju Google, Asocijacije Americkih Izdavaca (Association of American Publishers) i Author's Guild, dogovor koji bi omogucio da se milioni knjiga nadje na Internetu. Ukoliko ovaj dogovor nije bio odbijen Google bi nastavio da nesmetano skenira i objavljuje odlomke i/ili kompletne knjige bez dozvole onoga koji ima copyright prava. Jos jedna vazhna tacka je to sto bi ovim dogovorom Google dobio de facto monopol nad svim knjigama koje se vise ne stampaju i/ili ciji se autori ne mogu locirati.
Strani autori, izdavaci (iz Austrije, Belgije, Italije, Indije, Izreala, Italije, Japana, Novog Zelanda, Spanije, Svedske, Svajcarske I Engleske), kao i drzave (Francuska i Nemacka), su bili protiv ovog dogovora (ASA) i Google projekta jer kako oni kazu Google njime krsi medjunarodno pravo. Nemacka kaze:
"The [ASA] still rewards Google -- a serial scanning infringer -- with a de facto exclusive license regarding copyrights held by authors for books published in the United States, Canada, Australia, and United Kingdom, as well as over German and other international authors whose books have been registered in the United States. Competing digital libraries in Germany ("Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek") and throughout the world do not enjoy rights to such authors or "Orphan Works" because Germany requires licensing of rights prior to the usage of Orphan Works. Such a sweeping de facto compulsory license system would require legislative action (equivalent to Congressional action) in Germany."
Sudija Chin objasnjava:
"While the digitization of books and the creation of a universal digital library would benefit many, the ASA would simply go too far. It would permit this class action - which was brought against defendant Google Inc. ("Google") to challenge its scanning of books and display of "snippets" for on-line searching - to implement a forward-looking business arrangement that would grant Google significant rights to exploit entire books, without permission of the copyright owners. Indeed, the ASA would give Google a significant advantage over competitors, rewarding it for engaging in wholesale copying of copyrighted works without permission, while releasing claims well beyond those presented in the case."
Kompletna odluka sudije China se nalazi na ovom linku u PDF formatu, gde se uostalom nalazi i vrlo sazeta istorija i pozadina ovog slucaja.
Ova vest je za izdavacku industriju i autore dobra jer je digitalizacija knjiga postala vrlo skakljiva i neregulisana industrija, koju je Google poceo zloupotrebljavati. Potreba da knjige budu dostupne sirokom krugu korisnika je ocigledna i to mora da se uradi, ali ne na ovaj nacin.