Yet the settlement set terms for all authors, unless they specifically notified Google that they were opting out.
The firms' percentage of the settlement, set out in an agreement signed last July and in the public domain, is between 5% and 6%.
The settlement, set around a collection of safari-style tents, does not qualify for a government school and, so, the community has, through a crowd sourcing and a charitable trust, established its own.
In a response, United States District Judge Denny Chin of the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, who is charged with reviewing the settlement, set a deadline of Sept. 18 for the government to present its views in writing.
She asked the court to reopen the settlement, setting off a legal dispute that lasted until the spring of 2008, when an Arizona judge ruled in her favor.
More critically, advocates said, the settlement sets a three-year deadline for the state to move everyone who qualifies out of nursing homes and into the community.
Colleges may fear that the settlement sets a precedent for redress, and indeed just yesterday three former college players sued the NCAA over head trauma.
Steven Ney, legal director of the disability center, said the settlement "sets a road map for the ultimate disposition of the case".
While the settlement sets no racial quotas, it requires the county to market the homes aggressively to black and Hispanic residents of the New York City area.
If the settlement sets a precedent, Lilly may need to pay billions of dollars to resolve similar cases with other states.
