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Originally Posted by nekokami
How would you legislate something like this internationally? Add it as an amendment somehow to the Berne Convention?
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From what I know (which is quite limited), there isn't really a unified EU or international copyright system that would cover this. It would have to be -- or to be more precise, will be -- dealt with on a country-by-country basis (as are the copyright lengths).
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Yes, I know how class action lawsuits work. I'd be curious to see who the members of the class are in the legal filings though, not just in a FAQ from Google.
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It's pretty clear that it's anyone whose books Google has scanned, and has not opted out of the settlement. There is no indication that it only applies to members of the Author's Guild -- e.g. text indicating that leaving the Guild is equivalent to opting out. They're barely mentioned in either the FAQ or the actual Settlement.
If you're sufficiently bored, the full text of the Settlement is
here.