[New post] Google wins appeal in book-scanning copyright lawsuit

Mike Beasley posted: " Google has won an appeal in what is now a decade-long legal dispute over whether the company violated copyright law when it scanned millions of books into its online database. The original lawsuit was brought against Google by the Authors Guild in " Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on 9to5Google Google wins appeal in book-scanning copyright lawsuit by Mike Beasley Google has won an appeal in what is now a decade-long legal dispute over whether the company violated copyright law when it scanned millions of books into its online database. The original lawsuit was brought against Google by the Authors Guild in 2005 and claimed that Google had violated copyright law by allowing readers to view up to 20 pages of copyrighted books without purchasing them. Read more of this post Mike Beasley | October 16, 2015 at 8:32 pm | Tags: authors guild, Google Books, lawsuit | Categories: Google Corporate | URL: http://wp.me/p1w6tN-vN1 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from 9to5Google. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://9to5google.com/2015/10/16/google-books-copyright-lawsuit-appeal/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com