Judge Rejects Google Books Deal

from National Public Radio

A federal judge has rejected a class action settlement that would have allowed Google to distribute some of the many books it has scanned. That scanning is part of Google's ambitious project — the largest in the world — to digitize millions of printed books so they can be searched. Melissa Block talks to NPR's Laura Sydell.

Broadcast Dates

• All Things Considered, March 22, 2011