There is a new revision to a possible settlement between Google, the Authors Guild, and the Association of American Publishers.
It may still avoid correcting other serious concerns.

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afc1cfda-d128-11de-b591-00144feabdc0.html
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/09/11/14/1718215/Google-Files-a-Revised-Books-Settlement-Proposal?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
http://googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com/2009/11/modifications-to-google-books.html

revised settlement: http://8564700917349138647-a-pressatgoogle-com-s-sites.googlegroups.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlebookssettlement/amended-agreement/Amended-Settlement-Agreement.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7crz_sQh0Qzpsyir5S7O475pvF2mEY5UBG5QR2xlg0b65EvNRpjAVWzbDFvEVbJ2aLLNA6Z95vgIhDdPNteX4beSZPj3CgZg3Pq7xBwjK063aGn7kU30ghR2kKBjCKEyMaXJUYoiUwGyZYJ0sPGRYd6hFlRvS6bEBns_nSW56UU04zTOQoUstxnLEY_IaysyYkPLHU0tjSxLNLdkBDoWka_dqp-RHJ-h7_NQrvo9xTzxuLC3YcyuvVxkvhiQ8VK8Z7RWx1J7sXi_f4-F0sG5bI24a8uTHA==&attredirects=1 (pdf)
changes: http://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlebookssettlement/revised-settlement/SettlementModificationsOverview.pdf (pdf)
notice: http://www.googlebooksettlement.com/Supplemental-Notice.pdf (pdf)
faq: http://sites.google.com/a/pressatgoogle.com/googlebookssettlement/revised-settlement-faq/RevisedSettlementFAQ.pdf (pdf)

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