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Microsoft, Yahoo join Google book battle

Beijing : China | 3 months ago  
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Microsoft, Yahoo and a prominent antitrust lawyer have urged a federal judge to block a class-action settlement that would give Google the digital rights to a vast library of books. As that coalition warned of a literary cartel that would lead to higher prices and less competition, Sony Electronics,...
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