A message to you, Larry

Just two weeks before he retakes the reins as Google's CEO, Larry Page has been pulled down from his high horse, hauled off to the woodshed, and given a good paddling by a federal judge. The matter and tone of Judge Denny Chin's rejection of the proposed Google Books settlement are generally circumspect and measured - James Grimmelmann provides a lawyerly rundown - but when it comes to passing judgment on Google's actual behavior to date, Chin is blunt and scathing: The [settlement agreement] would grant Google control over the digital commercialization of millions of books, including orphan books and...