The Authors Guild took its latest courtroom swing in a decade-long dispute over Google’s decision to scan millions of out-of-print books and, based on the judges’ questions, the hearing could be its swan song. In… Read more »
The idea of “fair use” provides a critical exception to copyright law for artists, journalists and others. Increasingly, courts are asking if the new use is “transformative” – does this make… Read more »
This won’t come as a surprise to those who have watched the Google Books saga drag on for years, but Publishers Weekly reported Monday that The Authors Guild, which sued Google… Read more »
Many of the transformative societal benefits Judge Denny Chin cites as arguing in favor of fair use in the Google Books case arise only by virtue of the massive scale and… Read more »
The Authors Guild has argued that Google’s book-scanning project is copyright infringement on a massive scale, but the benefits of having millions of books digitized and searchable clearly outweighs the dangers… Read more »
The long-running copyright fight between Google and the Authors Guild is over: Judge Denny Chin issued a resounding ruling in favor of fair use. Read more »
Google and the Authors Guild were back in federal court on Monday in yet another attempt to break the log-jam in an eight-year legal dispute over whether Google’s book scanning was… Read more »
The dispute between the Author’s Guild and Google heads back to court on Monday, where the two sides will debate over whether Google needed to seek permission to scan 20 million books. Read more »
Google and the Authors Guild are back at it in their long-running copyright fight. New court filings suggest the case will turn on whether or not Google’s book scanning was “transformative.” Read more »
In a major new ruling in the Google Books case, the Second Circuit decertified a class action and told Judge Denny Chin to rule on whether Google’s book scanning is fair… Read more »