engine - 2:35 pm on Aug 14, 2012 (gmt 0)

Google Wins Appeal Over Digital Books Class Action Status [reuters.com]

Google Inc won permission on Tuesday to appeal the granting of class-action status to thousands of authors who are suing the company over its plan to create the world's largest digital books library. In a brief order, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said Google may appeal a May 31 decision by a federal judge letting the authors sue as a group, rather than individually.