Tag: Authors Guild v. Google

2d Circuit arguments in Authors Guild v. Google

notes to UM5/copyright-l I attended the Authors Guild v. Google hearing in New York last week. The Second Circuit will issue an opinion, likely some time in the next 6 months would be my guess, and it’s also likely that this will be the dispositive final fair use decision in the Authors Guild v. Google…Continue Reading 2d Circuit arguments in Authors Guild v. Google

Authors Guild v. Google – notes from the hearing

I attended last week’s hearing in the 2d Circuit. Below, I post my detailed notes (taken long-hand!) from the oral argument itself. See this separate post for my thoughts about the hearing. * Authors Guild * Google * Authors Guild response Notes about the argument Panel: Cabranes (telepresence), Parker, Leval Attorneys: Smith arguing for Authors…Continue Reading Authors Guild v. Google – notes from the hearing

Google Books Wins on Fair Use in the District Court

 November 14, 2013 The Google Book Search is a “highly transformative” fair use, according to an opinion issued today by the District Court in the long-running Authors Guild v. Google case.   Judge Denny Chin granted summary judgment to Google on the the issue of fair use, citing amicus briefs from library associations and digital humanities scholars…Continue Reading Google Books Wins on Fair Use in the District Court

Google and Publishers settle

October 4, 2012 NEWS You may have heard about the Google BookSearch settlement. (e.g., the NYT: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/05/technology/google-and-publishers-settle-over-digital-books.html ). Don’t get too excited, because it was the least exciting part of the case that settled — and the rest of the case continues. – Laura Quilter…Continue Reading Google and Publishers settle