Judge Tentatively Approves Google Book Search Settlement

Google Inc. has won preliminary approval on a settlement of copyright lawsuits by publishers and authors in which it will pay $125 million to resolve claims over its book-scanning project, Google Book Search (http://books.google.com/), according to Bloomberg News. The settlement was announced Oct. 28. On Monday, U.S. District Judge John Sprizzo tentatively approved the deal and scheduled a hearing for June 11, when he will further consider the pact's fairness.