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(NB: IANAL) Because this is long, you can download it as a PDF here . From 2004 to 2016 the book world (authors, publishers, libraries, a...
She wants to bring everything the Library of Congress has to offer to you online.
It was a crazy idea: Take the bulk of the world’s books, scan them, and create a monumental digital library for all to access. That’s what Google ...
“Somewhere at Google there is a database containing 25 million books and nobody is allowed to read them.”
The future of the Trove online database, which hosts more than 4 million digitised items, is in doubt due to funding cuts to the National Library of Australia.
Google’s scanning project and the subsequent lawsuits once commanded the attention of the publishing and library worlds. But in the end, the litigation merely confirmed a few realities of modern publishing.
Fair use is a defense to copyright infringement in US intellectual property law.
Last week I was researching a copyright and fair use issue for a faculty member, and needed to see a copy of a book held by Duke’s Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library. As I explained the issue and what material I wanted to use to the Rubenstein staff, a researcher sitting nearby listened intently. … Continue reading Steal this book? →
Copyright experts say U.S. Supreme Court is unlikely to take up the Authors Guild's case against Google, a decision that likely would end more than a decade of litigation.
Is a universal library finally within reach?
After nearly a decade of litigation, a landmark win.