Post by cjm on Nov 27, 2013 17:01:27 GMT
GoogleBooks’ Transformative Ruling
Several years ago, Google came up with an idea to scan in a whole bunch of books and make them searchable, for free, for the public. They did this without a licenses from the copyright owners of the books, but contended that their use was not infringement.
Naturally, it went to court.
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fyeahcopyright.tumblr.com/post/66982039942/googlebooks-transformative-ruling
Several years ago, Google came up with an idea to scan in a whole bunch of books and make them searchable, for free, for the public. They did this without a licenses from the copyright owners of the books, but contended that their use was not infringement.
Naturally, it went to court.
...
fyeahcopyright.tumblr.com/post/66982039942/googlebooks-transformative-ruling