UPDATED: Nice Roundup of Court Filings Opposing the GBS

James Grimmelmann of the New York Law School has posted a great summary of the many court filings opposing the Google Book Settlement case on his Laboratorium website.

UPDATED: 88 new filings today opposing the GBS. Interestingly, Grimmelmann notes that former Author’s Guild president Robert Massie opted out of the settlement (6th bullet down.)

On Sep 15, 2009
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December 14, 2009
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February 11, 2010
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February 18, 2010
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March 31, 2011
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