I read 48 pages to conclude the judge would like Google to switch to opt-in for all works, rather than opt-out. This would probably need to be worded in such a

I read 48 pages to conclude the judge would like Google to switch to opt-in for all works, rather than opt-out. This would probably need to be worded in such a way that just acknowledges authors could do such an opt-in if they chose, not putting together the final opt-in agreement in the settlement agreement. I believe he would approve such an agreement after reading through his thoughts. End story, Google probably will get to pay hundreds of millions to save the world's books from rotting; they probably won't get to own the digital advertising rights to all those books de-facto.