Submission + - "Opting Out" of the Google Books Settlemen (authorsguild.org)
James Gleick writes: "With the deadline approaching for "opting out" of the Google books settlement, the Authors Guild has posted an aggressive explanation of who its thinks should do that: no one. Not a single author in the world, it argues, stands to benefit from removing himself or herself from the class. This comes as part of a new set of "Answers" meant to push back against what the authors group thinks is widespread confusion about the settlement; they also address questions about just what kind of money we might be talking about, and what kind of control authors will have over Google's use of their work."
