Federal judge indicates he won't rule today, as speakers argue for and against the revised settlement agreement

"Federal judge Denny Chin opened the hearing by saying that he was working his way through the voluminous materials submitted, and concluded, “to end the suspense, I am not going to rule today.” There was simply too much material to digest before the fairness hearing, he suggested....Pamela Samuelson, law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said that her academic colleagues would prefer to make their books available via open access, and also supported open access to orphan works. She said “the Authors Guild has not fairly represented academic authors.” Academic authors would not have brought a lawsuit based on snippets, she added. Then, in reference to the unlikely possibility that the case would continue to trial, she said, “If this case go forward, I’ll be writing briefs in support of Google, not the Authors Guild.” ..."