The are several groups that oppose the settlement (Internet Archive and Consumer Watchdog) with Google and the Justice Department has already started talking with them. The Justice Department has also announced Google and the Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild ( the parties involved in the settlement) that it is investigating the matter and there are antitrust issues related to the settlement. However, this doesn't necessarily means that the Justice Department will oppose the settlement, which is within the jurisdiction of a court anyway.  

 

The main issue which is the subject of objections is that Google is scanning books from a series of libraries and then displays them in Book Search. A considerable number of authors are objecting this practice. 

 

The date until authors must decide whether to join or oppose the settlement has been extended from May 5 to September 4, a federal judge in New York ruled. The extension was granted yesterday by U.S. District Judge Denny Chin in Manhattan. If the settlement is approved will put an end to the case that has been going on for about four years. 

 

“The settlement is highly detailed, and we want to make sure rights-holders everywhere have enough time to think about it and make sure it’s right for them,” Gabriel Stricker, a Google spokesman, said in an e-mail to Bloomberg.