What Daniel should say at the Google Books Settlement Fairness Hearing

On October 7, 2009, Judge Denny Chin will preside over a Fairness Hearing with regards to the proposed settlement between Google and a group of plaintiffs including a number of publishers and a class of all owners of a United States copyright interest in a book or insert. The purpose of the hearing will be to determine whether the terms of the settlement are fair, reasonable, and adequate, whether the class should be certified, and whether the agreement should be approved.