In a legal dispute about the Google Books service between the search giant and the publishing industry, the New York court initially approved the new content of the agreement. Taking the matter Judge Denny Chin on Thursday issued a positive ruling, setting a deadline for the next hearing on February 18, 2010. The end of January the parties involved in the process may submit their views on new proposals for settlement.

It all started with a complaint publishing companies and associations of authors against Google Books. The dispute will end in a settlement, provided that the court will gain acceptance. The first agreement in October 2008 assumed that, after payment of the amount of 125 million U.S. dollars will receive the right to Google for scanning and inclusion in the Network of books owned universities and libraries.

Since the settlement also included a work protected by copyright law, has been sharply criticized by the international publishing companies, partly supported by the authorities of their countries. Also, Google's competitors, including Amazon, made their reservations in the U.S. Department of Justice.

Then the judge asked China to submit a revised settlement agreement, as parties to the dispute did in mid-November. According to the Google directory it will occur only books protected by copyright, which were issued in the U.S., UK, Australia or Canada. However, the new content of the agreement raises controversy.