DOJ Confirms Antitrust Investigation Into Google Book Settlement [Digital Daily]

Looks like the fireworks have begun early in Mountain View … On Thursday afternoon the Department of Justice officially notified Google that it is that it is investigating its book deal for violations of Sherman Antitrust Act.The Justice Department probe of the Google Books settlemment is heating up. On Thursday afternoon, the agency officially opened an investigation into the deal, which would allow the search sovereign to make millions of books available online. The move is the strongest sign yet that the DOJ may block the settlement, which critics claim would grant Google a monopoly on orphaned works — copyrighted texts without an identifiable copyright holder. The notification, after the jump.

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