The Authors Guild/Simon & Schuster Flap

We were waiting to post this in hopes of more recent developments in the flap over Simon & Schuster's revision of their standard contract language, which would in effect keep books 'in print' forever and keep the publisher rather than the author permanently in control of the copyright (1)(2)(3)(4). But it looks like there has been nothing new since the June 1 posting at the Authors Guild, indicating that S&S may soften its stance.