In March of 2011, U.S. Federal Judge Denny Chin announced that the Amended Settlement Agreement
was not fair, adequate, or reasonable.(Hasselback 2011) The ruling took 48 pages, but the main objection
was that the entire settlement assumed cooperation by copyright holders unless they deliberately opted out.
If they did not do so, even if they did not know that was an option, their works would become a permanent
part of the Google database after a certain date. (Hasselback 2011) In addition, orphan books, or books
whose owners cannot be located, could have 20% of their content displayed, and the whole book could be
sold. Judge Chin ruled that such acts were exploiting unclaimed books. (Kravets 2011)