Hearing on Google’s decision to build a vast digital library is going to be settling at 18th February, according to the news displayed by the US Department of Justice; it has been told by the department that it is still not satisfied with the terms mentioned in the deal. The department of justice has said that the proposal offered by the Goolge fails on the grounds of antirust and copyright. Online retailer, Amazon too, earlier objected to Google’s plan to scan and distribute millions of books and told the step leading towards monopoly. However, Google modified details of the plan in 2009 after the objections were raised by the Department of Justice (DoJ)

“The amended settlement agreement still confers significant and possibly anti-competitive advantages on Google as a single entity,” as DOJ told. It said that the agreement would allow the Google to be “the only competitor in the digital marketplace with the rights to distribute and otherwise exploit a vast array of works in multiple formats”.

Google Books, earlier known as Google print was launched in year 2004, however, its operations were put on the hold after Authors Guild of America and Association of American Publishers sued it over “massive copyright infringement”. In 2008, Google agreed to pay $175 as to develop Book Rights Registry, where authors and publishers can register their and as well can receive compensation for scanned books. And the decision to carry out the deal was further referred to October 2009, but District Judge Denny Chin once again sent the deal back to the drawing board after several objections from around the world. The agreement further criticized on the ground that authors are required to opt out of having their books in the deal. Hearing, on the settlement has been scheduled for 18th February.