Google’s new book-scanning project receives the go-ahead ruling from the U.S. appeals court

[Doug Demagistris]

Google has been working on a new book-scanning project and just received the go-ahead from the U.S. appeals court.


Google’s idea of scanning millions of books for accessing online has been approved by the U.S. court of appeals. The court ruling stated Google Books contains a public service of posting text online and does not infringe on any laws. Many rivals still despise the project and will continue to fight over its approval.

Circuit Judge Pierre Leval made the following statement:

“Google’s division of the page into tiny snippets is designed to show the searcher just enough context surrounding the searched term to help her evaluate whether the book falls within the scope of her interest (without revealing so much as to threaten the author’s copyright interests).”
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This probably won’t be the last time we hear about the case, but the ruling will stand. According to Reuters, this case will be put in the books as Authors Guild v. Google Inc, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 13-4829.

Source: Reuters


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