Google Book Case Judge: Photographers Not Authors

An effort by photographers to be included as part of the Google Book Settlement was denied yesterday by Judge Denny Chin, who ruled that photographers are not authors and that the settlement only applies to "word-based material."

Techcrunch has more on the ruling here: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/05/judge-in-google-book-settlement-case-says-photographers-are-not-authors/