Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York, declined to rule on the Google Book Search deal Feb. 18, saying that he would instead write an opinion on the deal. While Chin gave no timeline for presenting his opinion, opponents such as Amazon and Microsoft and supporters such as Sony held forth on the matter. Google Book Search, which has been vociferously opposed by Google rivals Microsoft and Amazon as well as the Department of Justice, remains in limbo.
– A judge declined to rule on the proposed pact between Google and authors and
publishers that would allow the search engine to scan out-of-print works on the
Web and sell them to users.
Denny Chin, judge for the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of
New York, said at a hearing for the G…