Ending Decade Of Litigation, Court OKs Google Book Scanning As “Fair Use”

Posted on October 17, 2015 by gftshappy

A three-judge panel for the US Second Circuit Court of Appeals has definitively ruled that Google’s full-text book scanning is “fair use” and thus protected from claims of copyright infringement. So unless The Authors Guild, which originally sued Google in 2005, wants to appeal to the US…

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Leaked 2012 FTC Document Called Google A Monopoly, Recommended Litigation

Posted on March 19, 2015 by gftshappy

An “inadvertently disclosed” report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) labels Google a monopoly and appears to directly contradict the decision not to pursue legal action against the company. In early 2013 the FTC formally decided to close its antitrust investigation against Google…

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