Google strikes deal over online library / The Financial Times, October 28 2008
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/93574d3e-a52d-11dd-b4f5-000077b07658.html
"Google is to pay $125m to settle lawsuits filed in 2005 by authors and publishers that charged the group with “massive infringement”, challenging its book scanning project that digitised and offered excerpts without the permission of copyright holders. The settlement with authors and book publishers paves the way for the creation of a legal and financial framework for the digital distribution of millions of books online in the US."