joining us now to discuss this issue is sarah weinman. she's the news editor of "publishers marketplace." ms. weinman, if you could begin by giving us a brief overview of what the google book settlement was, and who are the parties involved? >> sure. it arose from an original lawsuit that was filed by the association of american publishers and the authors' guild. they objected to the fact that, in their view, google was scanning primarily out-of-print and orphan works, those works whose copyright status was not entirely known, and they felt that this wholesale scanning was infringement, and they didn't like that. so they sued. as it made it way through the courts, however, the parties all decided to create what is known as the google book settlement, and what that would entail is coming up with some means of giving copyright holders some monetary value for their work. and what they elected to do was to create what's known as an opt-out process where if authors did not want their works to be scanned by google, they could write in and opt o

finally, sarah weinman, do you see congress playing a role? >> that's a very, very good question, peter. certainly judge chin hopes that congress will play a role. i'm not entirely certain that they will play a role sense -- from a priority standpoint looking at the greater context of budget cuts and health care and various military activities going on, whether the issue of having a digital library is going to even register on the current congress. they also think traditionally haven't necessary been the most willing listeners in terms of trying to change current copyright law to make it more accessible to everybody. so i think it remains to be seen what congress in fact will to. >> sarah weinman is the news editor for publishers marketplace. we will talk with her again after the april 25 evening. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> you been watching

and, instead, this was a matter that should be taken up by congress. >> so sarah weinman, during this entire legal process, google has been scanning books into it's system. what happens to those books? >> that's a very good question. and, in fact, because settlement has now been rejected, no one knows what the next move will be. there is supposed to be a status meeting in court on april 25th at 4:30 at which time i guess the parties are going to state their claims as to why they should come up with a revised settlement, that's what the aap and the ag are both on record as saying. and google will have to figure out exactly what they want. there are multiple ways of looking at it. some commentators say that this is actually hurts google because, you know, this puts their scans ability in doubt. other commentators say that, no, this is, in fact, is fine because in another separate program which is the creation of google ebooks, google is already scanning works that are in the copyright with various permissions. you can go to google's ebook site online and download for a price any current

. >> sarah weinman, we'll talk with her again after the april 25th hearing. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> coming up next on c-span 2, "the communicators" talks with robert mcdowell on the proposed acquisition of t-mobile by at&t and net neutrality issues. then, israeli foreign minister danny ayalon. following that, a speech by throw rest huerta. and later, a live hearing on the commission on wartime contracting in iraq and afghanistan. >> this week on "the communicators," our guest is robert mcdowell, republican commissioner on the federal communications commission. and we're pleased to welcome back to "the communicators" fcc commissioner robert mcdowell, the lead republican on the five-member commission. commissioner mcdowell, we talked with your colleague, michael copps, last week, and i'm going to ask you the same question we asked him to begin which was regarding the at&t/t-mobile transaction. what do you see as the timetable for this to be considered, and what's the biggest impediment you see to this transaction happening? >> guest: w

. >> sarah weinman is the news editor for publishers marketplace. we'll talk we are again after the april 25th hearing. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> coming up next booktv is live from the key school in annapolis, maryland, 2011 annapolis book festival. .. >> good morning. welcome to the annapolis book festival. our session today poses the question why is war the answer? hopefully are two authors will help us answer this question or at least understand it a little better during the course of the hour this morning. let me take a moment to remind you to turn of cellphone or other devices that could make a bee during our conversation. let me introduce our authors. evan thomas is the author of "the war lovers". roosevelt, lodge, hearst and the russian empire, 1898. mr. thomas is one of the most respected journalists today. see of thunder and john paul jones. mr. thomas has been editor at large of newsweek since 2006, and the lead rider of major news events and author of more than 100 cover stories. he has won numerous awards. for new

. >> sarah weinman is the news editor for publishers marketplace. we will talk with her again after the april 2015. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. .. >> coming up next, book tv presents "after words," an hourlong program where we invite guest hosts to interview authors. this week kevin williamson and "the politcian's incorrect guide to socialism." the deputy managing editor of the national review gives a detailed definition of the sometimes controversial term and assess aspects of socialism are pervasive in the u.s. economy. this is the best and worst models of socialist government with the editor of "commentary" magazine, john podhoretz. >> host: kevin williamson, what is socialism? >> guest: the use of central planning to get that done. >> host: the public provision of nonpublic goods. you put that into english. >> guest: sure. in economics there is a specific definition of what is a public good. a public good is something that is non rivalrous and consumption and not excludable. so rivalry means that if a product is rivalrous, if

. >> sarah weinman with publishers marketplace. we will talk to her after the hearing. thank you. >> thank you so much for having me. >> we are here at the national press club books and author my talking with a veteran newsman jack fuller about his book what is happening to the news. tell us what is happening to the news. >> what's happening to the news is the audience is changing fundamentally and that is as much as anything else reshaping the way the we are getting our news. >> in what way? >> well, there are obvious ways, the attention span is shortened, but there are deeper ways, too not the least of which is that the information environment we live in today actually because of the way that our brains are designed and built causes us to be much more drawn to emotional presentations of information than we were in quieter times and that is manifested is often the way that people are trying to communicate with us with a lot more intensity and often anchor and passion and so forth than 15 years ago or 20 years ago and would have thought was appropriate. >> what are some

. >> host: sarah weinman is the editor for publishers marketplace.we'll talk with her again after the april 25th meeting. thank you. >> guest: thank you so much for having me.