Google Book-Scanning Project Ruled Legal By US Appeals Court

"JosephH [email protected] [ebook-community]" <[email protected]> Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:04:31 +0100

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Very disappointing ruling. Specially as it includes "The court also 
approved Google’s Library Project...", without qualification. A database 
for the purposes stated by the court does not need a full scanning. 
Another case of lawyers not understanding what copyright is?


Joseph


Google Book-Scanning Project Ruled Legal By US Appeals Court
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-10-16/google-wins-appeals-court-approval-of-book-scanning-project-iftpwxl3
[and on plenty of other sites and in newspapers]


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