A revised Google Books settlement is now pending before a judge but rivals who have made it clear that they still believe the agreement gives Google (NSDQ: GOOG) too much control are not waiting and instead are asking Congress to step in.
In a letter today addressed to members of Congress (embedded below), the Open Book Alliance — which includes Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO), Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) among its members — says that “only an open and deliberative conversation in Congress will appropriately weigh the concerns of all stakeholders and create bright-line laws that apply equally to all consumers, companies and stakeholders.” Specifically, they say that a digital book database should be overseen by a “not for profit or public sector library, such as the Library of Congress.”
They ask Google and the other parties in the proposed settlement to join in the effort. Doesn’t look like the company will do so. Here’s the company’s statement about the proposal: “The Google Books settlement is injecting more competition into the digital books space, so it
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