Authors Guild v. Google, Part II: Fair Use Proceedings | Electronic Frontier Foundation

"The Authors Guild filed an appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which was argued on December 3, 2014. On October 16, 2015, the Second Circuit affirmed the district court and agreed that Google Books was a fair use.  In April 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court turned down the Guild's request that it review the case."