Google Books, Fair Use, and the Public Good - Scholarly Communications @ Duke

"On Friday the Second Circuit Court of Appeals issued its ruling in the appeal of the Authors Guild lawsuit against Google over the Google book search project.  The decision was a complete vindication of the District Court’s  dismissal of the case, affirming fair use and rejecting all of the counterarguments offered by the Authors Guild. As it happens, I was traveling when the decision came down, confirming a troubling tendency of the federal courts to issue important copyright opinions when I am out-of-pocket.  (My wife says that it is not about me, but what sense does that make?)  In any case, that slight delay allows me to benefit richly from the analyses posted by some very smart colleagues.  Here are several great places to read about the decision: [1] From Brandon Butler of American University. [2] From Corynne McSherry of the Electronic Freedom Foundation [3] From Krista Cox of the Association of Research Libraries [4] From Carrie Russell at the American Library Association I want to add, or really just pull out from these previous posts, three points that I think are especially important ..."