In a landmark decision 13 months in the making, Circuit Court judge Denny Chin has sent the Authors Guild and Google back to the drawing board on their proposed Amended Settlement Agreement (ASA), suggesting that an appropriate remedy is to convert it from an "opt-out" to an "opt-in" agreement for copyright owners. An opt-in agreement requiring explicit consent from copyright owners would essentially erase the category of orphan works covered by the settlement.
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