U.S. Publishers Gain Rights Over Google After Settling 7-Year Lawsuit

Google and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) announced Thursday that they have settled a seven-year disagreement over Google's library book-scanning project.

The lawsuit was brought against Google by five AAP member publishers -- McGraw-Hill, Pearson, Penguin, John Wiley and Simon & Schuster -- in October 2005. It contested Googles efforts to scan books and make them available freely on the Internet through Google Books. They argued the project was in violation of copyright law.

Publishers got exactly what they wanted: The right to add or remove the books and journals indexed in Google's Library Project. The search giant is providing those who contribute works to…
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