Google Books: Fair Use and Public Benefits

Columbia Copyright Advisory Office 2013-11-20

Summary:

After eight years of litigation, including complications of class actions and two massively complex proposed settlements, the U.S. district court in Manhattan ruled today that the scan search of tens of millions of copyrighted books by Google is within fair use.  The court dismissed the case.  The Authors Guild, the lead plaintiff, promptly announced plans [...]

Link:

http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/2013/11/14/google-books-fair-use-and-public-benefits/

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oa.new oa.licensing oa.comment oa.copyright oa.libraries oa.litigation oa.librarians oa.fair_use oa.google.books oa.authors_guild uncategorized

Date tagged:

11/20/2013, 07:51

Date published:

11/20/2013, 02:51