The following teaser is from the Nov. 14, 2013 edition of USAToday:<\/p>\n
SAN FRANCISCO<\/strong> \u2014 Google on Thursday landed a key legal victory against the publishing industry in what could pave the way for the search giant to continue its quest to scan the world’s books.<\/p>\n
A New York federal judge dismissed a class-action lawsuit from book authors against the Mountain View, Calif., company. The long-simmering battle stems from a suit brought by the Authors Guild, which sued Google in 2005 in Manhattan federal court, claiming copyright infringement.<\/p>\n
The Authors Guild charged Google’s online library was in violation of “fair use” of copyrighted works by providing snippets of works.<\/p>\n
The Authors Guild guild was seeking $750 for each copyrighted book made digital, a huge sum considering that the Internet search company had scanned more than 20 million books.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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The following teaser is from the Nov. 14, 2013 edition of USAToday: SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Google on Thursday landed a key legal victory against the publishing industry in what could pave the way for the search giant to continue its Continue reading Google Books Lawsuit Dismissed<\/span>