Publishers Weekly, December 7, 2009 by Andrew Richard Albanese
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6710195.html
Samuelson’s criticism captures the conflict at the heart of this deal: should the parties be allowed to possibly bend the law because of the settlement’s potential cultural benefits? No, Samuelson insists. “Arguments that the settlement is in the public interest should be directed to Congress, not the courts,” she writes. “The GBS class action settlement would set a dangerous precedent and undermine democratic values.”