Diane Bartz of Reuters reports that the German government has filed papers opposing the proposed Google settlement on grounds that “Google could digitize books by German authors without their consent.” A deputy director in Germany’s Justice Ministry said the settlement would permit Google to “flout German laws that have been established to protect German authors and publishers, including with respect to digital copying, publishing and the dissemination of their works.”

Germany’s opposition comes just a couple of days before the September 4 deadline for opting in or out of the Google settlement. Read details in Germany: Google book deal violates copyright law.

We have our own take on it: check out Google Settlement Under Attack for Making Treasure out of Trash

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