Who’s Messing With the Google Book Settlement? Hint: They’re in Redmond, Washington

Microsoft, which lost an anti-trust case of its own in the ’90s, has been lobbying to get the government to constrain Google. The Softies already can claim some part in urging the government to decide to challenge a Google-Yahoo ad partnership project last year (which became moot when Google bailed on the plan). But the book settlement is a new battleground.

The Court permits objections until May 5, and will conduct a hearing on June 11.