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Originally Posted by Daithi
Taylor514ce,
You seem to be confusing legal settlement with legal judgment. A judge did not rule against Google after hearing the case. Instead, Google decided to settle the case before arguing it in front of a judge and waiting for him to make a ruling.
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Quite the opposite. Please carefully re-read my posts, if you choose. I am very cognizant that Google avoided judgment by means of this settlement. Make of that what you will. My opinion is that, knowing that they faced an adverse judgment, and not wanting to allow a precedent that undermines their entire business model, they chose instead to settle.
I've carefully read your posts, and it boils down to "we'll never know". Whatever you or I think about Google's actions and the impact on compensation and author's rights, it's very clear how the Authors Guild, publishers, and by extension authors, felt about it.
And, as long as Google can simply buy their way out of legal judgment, arguing the legality of their actions is moot.