Google Books prevails in copyright lawsuit
Google Books prevails in copyright lawsuit
By Mario Trujillo - 10/16/15 11:08 AM EDT
The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that
Google Books does not infringe the copyright protections of authors.
The court handed the technology giant a major victory
over a series of authors who had sued over decade-old project, in which Google
makes digital copies of books picked out by major libraries and allows the
public to view snippets online.
The three-judge panel affirmed a lower court's decision
from 2013 that found Google's project falls within the limits of fair use
because the work is meaningfully transformed and does not offer the public a
meaningful substitute to buying the book.
According to reports, Google had estimated it could owe
billions if it lost the case.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of Jim Bouton, author of
"Ball Four"; Betty Miles, author of "The Trouble with
Thirteen"; and Joseph Goulden,
author of "The Superlawyers."
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