Microsoft filed a Sept. 8 brief, objecting to the increasingly contested Google Book Search deal. The brief, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, argues that Googles attempt to digitize books would be an anti-competitive violation that would harm Microsoft not only as a publisher, but also its new search engine, Bing. Microsoft, Yahoo and other companies have joined the Open Book Alliance in asking the Department of Justice to examine Googles deal.
– Microsoft filed a brief on Sept. 8 objecting to the controversial Google Book Search deal,
arguing that Googles settlement with authors and publishers has the potential
to violate antitrust laws.

quot;The proposed settlementÂ…confers on Google a new monopoly by
authorizing Google (and Googl…