Google Book Settlement

This is the settlement administration website for the Google Book Search Copyright Class Action Settlement. The purpose of this website is to inform you of a proposed Settlement of a class action lawsuit brought by authors and publishers, claiming that Google has violated their copyrights and those of other Rightsholders of Books and Inserts (click for definitions), by scanning their Books, creating an electronic database and displaying short excerpts without the permission of the copyright holders. Google denies the claims. The lawsuit is entitled The Authors Guild, Inc., et al. v. Google Inc., Case No. 05 CV 8136 (S.D.N.Y.). The Court preliminarily approved the Original Settlement in November 2008. For further information, please review the Original Notice. On November 19, 2009, the Court preliminarily approved the Amended Settlement Agreement. For further information, please review the Supplemental Notice.