By David Sarno, Internet Culture and Online Entertainment Writer, L.A. Times
Three national authors groups comprising more than 4,000 writers and journalists today decried the controversial agreement between Google (GOOG) and author-publisher groups that would allow the tech giant to sell access to millions of books online.
In a letter to Congress, the three groups — the National Writers Union, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America — pointed to what they saw as the overly confusing and ultimately unfair rules that would govern what Google could do with the books if the settlement were to be approved in federal court.
In language by turns wry and outraged, the writer groups accuse Google of inadequately explaining the terms of the agreement to the many authors it could affect, and the Authors Guild and publishing industry of fashioning a deal that favors current authors, while leaving less lucrative out-of-print authors behind.
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