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The Objector
Since 2005, Muchnick has been the lead objector to a proposed settlement stemming from the central rights dispute of the digital age-Tasini v. New York Times-the landmark case in which members of the National Writers' Union sued the newspaper and some electronic aggregators for, well, piracy.
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Deal or No Deal: Part II
On February 18, the Google Settlement is scheduled to have its long-awaited final fairness hearing in a Manhattan courtroom, although, court-watchers agree, it is unlikely that this next chapter, will be the last.
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Richard Sarnoff: PW's Publishing Person of the Year
As a revised agreement now winds its way toward a scheduled February 18 fairness hearing—a hearing twice postponed in 2009—the controversial Google settlement's ultimate fate is still unclear. What has become increasingly clear, however, is that the historic debate the settlement has generated, as contentious as it has been, has already benefited the publishing industry.



