Reps. Gonzalez & Green Ask DOJ to Scrutinize Google Books Settlement

Congressmen Charlie Gonzalez (TX-20) and Gene Green (TX-29) today announced that they sent a letter to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder highlighting their questions and concerns about GBS 2.0. The Congressmen were particularly focused on the fact that many authors and publishers who are not part of the class action lawsuit will be affected by the settlement.

The letter said, “Today, there are hundreds of thousands of authors who are not members of the Authors Guild and hundreds of publishers who are not part of the [Association of American Publishers] who would be most acutely affected by the Google Books Settlement.  Yet their voices have been largely excluded from the process.”

Congressmen Gonzalez and Green said that they were spurred to contact Attorney General Holder as a result of several letters they have received from minority publishers.