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Originally Posted by Shaggy
What I'm a little confused about is that if you were not part of the Plaintiffs, then how does this settlement apply? A group of Plaintiffs sued for copyright infringement, and then they settled with Google. If you were not part of that original case, then why can't you, as an author, also sue Google for copyright infringement. How is somebody completely independent of the original case forced to agree with the terms of the settlement?
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From what I know about the case, if you aren't represented by one of the Plaintiffs, you CAN still sue Google. The whole point of the opt-out process is that
members of the Author's Guild (and the other groups represented in the class-action suit) must opt out by tomorrow IF they want to be able to sue Google on their own (or as part of another class). If they don't opt out, then they waive their rights to sue later on. Again, this
is only if you are already part of the suit. As for people saying it hasn't been long enough, the original settlement was made almost a year ago. If you were already part of the class action suit (again, the only people this whole settlement affects), then you were notified of it a long time ago.