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Supreme Court denies Authors Guild Petition for Certiorari
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied the Authors Guild for petition of certiorari in Authors Guild v. Google. This decision leaves the Second Circuit's opinion affirming fair use...
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Fair Use in 2015 and A Look Ahead at 2016
We're taking part in Copyright Week, a series of actions and discussions supporting key principles that should guide copyright policy. Every day this week, various groups are taking on different elements of the law,...
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ICYMI: Authors Guild Seeks Supreme Court Review of Google Books Fair Use Case
On December 31, 2015, the Authors Guild filed its petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the United States asking for review of the Second Circuit's...
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Google Books Project Ruled Fair Use by US Appeals Court—ARL Releases Issue Brief
The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously ruled on Friday, October 16, 2015, in Authors Guild v. Google—also known as the “Google Books” case—that Google’s mass scanning...
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Issue Brief: Second Circuit Court of Appeals Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
On October 16, 2015, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed the lower court's fair use decision in Author's Guild v. Google, also known as the...
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Second Circuit Affirms Fair Use in Google Books Case
*This blog post is now available in a PDF version as an issue brief here* On October 16, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously affirmed...
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Libraries Laud Appeals Court Affirmation That Mass Book Digitization by Google Is ‘Fair Use’
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit today ruled in Authors Guild v. Google that Google's mass digital indexing of books for use in creating a searchable online...
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Library Copyright Alliance files amici brief in Authors Guild v. Google
On July 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance filed an amici brief in the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Authors Guild v. Google in favor of Google’s...
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LCA Files Amicus Brief in Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. Appeal
On July 8, 2014, the Library Copyright Association filed an amicus brief for Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. amicus-GoogleBooksAppeal-final-8jul2014.pdf
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LCA Updates Google Books Family Tree after Second Circuit rules HathiTrust Fair Use
On June 17, 2014, the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) updated its Google Books Family Tree after the Second Circuit ruled HathiTrust fair use. Diagram (PDF)