Anthony Elia

The deadline to Opt-Out is September 4, 2009 (extended from May 5, 2009).

The deadline to file a Claim Form for Cash Payments for past use is January 5, 2010. 

The deadline for demanding Removal of your work from the Google Book Project is April 5, 2011.

Note that the Google Book Settlement is not final and may be changed by the court, so these deadlines may change.  Accordingly, be sure to check back periodically and certainly no later than the date of the Final Fairness Hearing on October 7, 2009. 

The effective date of a U.S. copyright registration is the date the U.S. Copyright Office receives all the required elements in acceptable form regardless of how long it then takes to process the application and mail the certificate of registration.