• Le Guin joins opposition to Google Book Search settlement 
John C. Abell, Wired Magazine Celebrated sci-fi author Ursula K. Le Guin has come out in strong opposition to the Google Book Search settlement, and has asked the federal court that will likely approve it next month to take the unlikely step of exempting the entire United States from the settlement. [....] Le Guin’s petition is no Ayn Rand screed and recognizes the laudability of Google’s goal in creating this massive database of digitized books. But she argues that cutting corners to get there is just plain wrong.   Published: 2010-01-25