October 16, 2015
The Second Circuit's big ruling on Google's book-scanning project wasn't so much a copyright game-changer as it was a resounding restatement of just how much fair use law has evolved since Pierre Leval — the judge who penned Friday's decision — virtually reinvented the doctrine 25 years ago.
October 16, 2015
The Second Circuit ruled Friday that Google Inc.'s project to scan millions of copyrighted books without permission was legal under the fair-use doctrine, handing the tech giant a huge victory in a long-running fight with authors.
December 03, 2014
Google Inc. on Wednesday defended its massive book digitization program from copyright infringement claims in the Second Circuit, urging a three-judge panel to uphold a ruling last year that the project was protected by the fair use doctrine.
July 11, 2014
The tech industry's powerful lobbying group and prominent consumer rights groups on Thursday threw their weight behind Google Inc.'s book digitization program, urging the Second Circuit to affirm a ruling that said the project was protected by the fair use doctrine.
April 15, 2014
A bevy of high-profile authors, organizations, copyright professors and others on Monday threw their support behind the Authors Guild's bid to overturn a ruling that Google Inc.'s mass digitization of millions of books was protected fair use.
April 14, 2014
The Authors Guild fired the opening shots Friday in its bid to overturn a finding that Google Inc.'s project to digitize millions of copyright-protected books was a legal fair use, calling the decision an "unprecedented, expansive and erroneous interpretation" of the doctrine.