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

gftshappy — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 09:22:22 +0000

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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Calling All Young Scientists: Google Accepting Submissions For Annual Science Fair

gftshappy — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 18:23:03 +0000

Google announced its annual Science Fair today, calling for project submissions from students worldwide, age 13 to 18. This year’s Google Science Fair grand prize winner will get a trip to Spaceport America in New Mexico to meet the Virgin Galactic team as they prepare for a space flight….

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Court Finds Google’s Book Scanning Is Fair Use: Highlights From The Ruling

gftshappy — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 12:22:55 +0000

Nearly ten years after it began and eight years after Google was sued over it, Google’s program that scans books in order to make them searchable has been found legal. A judge found fair use, especially in that “Google Books does not supersede or supplant books because it is not a tool…

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