Petition Letter to the Judge of the Google Book Settlement
The following petition will be sent directly to Judge Chin by January 28th, 2010, and will also be attached as an exhibit to the brief to be submitted to the court by the NWU, ASJA, and SFWA. After that it may be used in publicity for our side of the issue.
Everyone who has joined my list of authors opposing the Settlement will be a signatory of the letter — except those who don’t want to be.
Signing the letter does not involve you in a legal action of any kind; we are simply submitting an opinion to the court. But if you don’t want your signature on the letter, just write me at googleputsch@bookviewcafe.com or at the Book View Cafe blog and say: Take my name off the letter, please.
You must do so by January 25th, 2010. After that the letter and signatures may be out of my hands.
The list is still open — people may continue signing on until January 25th. I invite you to join us in defense of authors’ rights!
And my heartfelt thanks to all of you who are speaking out with me this way.
— UKL
Writer Ursula K. Le Guin is not shutting up about this.
Add your name and help her give some back!
Previously at Mike Cane 2008:
The Google Book Robbery: I’m Not Alone
The Great Book Bank Robbery
Is Another Suit Against Google Book Search Coming?
Previously here:
The Authors Guild Leadership: 21st Century Chamberlains
Writer Ursula K. Le Guin Nails Authors Guild
And You Will Trust Google With All Of Our Books?
This Is Print Publishing’s Final Warning
Mark The Words Of Dave Winer
Sergey Brin: Also Absolutely Inexcusably Clueless
Google Thinks It Owns Our Books!
The First Step Towards A Google Book Search Solution
Google Always Had POD Planned
God Bless Marybeth Peters Of The Copyright Office!
Google Books Settlement Notes #2
Tomorrow: Google Books Settlement Deadline For Writers
Cooler Adds Google’s One Million ePubs Of Crap!
Google Books Settlement Notes #1
Google’s Great Writer Rip-Off
Google’s One Million eBooks Of Crap!
The Capitulation Of Print Publishing
Reject The Google Book Search Settlement!
The eBook Test 
I don’t have any books published, just short stories, but I agree with you 100%