Publisher’s Weekly: Peters’ Testimony a “Disastrous Development” for Google Book Settlement Cartel

Publisher’s Weekly just posted a story online that highlights the powerful and blistering testimony of Marybeth Peters, the U.S. Register of Copyrights.

The story noted that:

“While the days other witnesses reiterated their well-known views on the deal for the subcommittee, Peters’s testimony stands as a disastrous development for the settlement parties, just weeks before its October 7 fairness hearing. Peters’s strong views could now put Congress and the courts on a collision course, as Judge Denny Chin, in approving the settlement, would have to essentially ignore the Copyright Office’s assessment of the deal’s legality. While that may be in Chin’s purview, Peters’s testimony suggests Congress could seek some legislative redress were that to happen.”