The Google Library Project : is digitization for purposes of online indexing fair use under copyright law?

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title: The Google Library Project : is digitization for purposes of online indexing fair use under copyright law?

creator: Manuel, Kate.

publisher: Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress

date: Record modified: 2011-09-09

date: Record created: 2011-09-09

date: 2009-

description: Abstract: The Google Book Search Library Project, announced in December 2004, raised important questions about infringing reproduction and fair use under copyright law. Google planned to digitize, index, and display 'snippets' of print books in the collections of five major libraries without the permission of the books' copyright holders, if any. Authors and publishers owning copyrights to these books sued Google in September and October 2005, seeking to enjoin and recover damages for Google's alleged infringement of their exclusive rights to reproduce and publicly display their works. Google and proponents of its Library Project disputed these allegations. They essentially contended that Google's proposed uses were not infringing because Google allowed rights holders to 'opt out' of having their books digitized or indexed. They also argued that, even if Google's proposed uses were infringing, they constituted fair uses under copyright law. The arguments of the\n parties and their supporters highlighted several questions of first impression.

subject: Library materials--Digitization--Law and legislation--United States

subject: Intellectual property--United States

subject: Fair use (Copyright)--United States

subject: Copyright--Electronic information resources--United States

relation: OCLC No.: 477197476

type: application/pdf

type: Text

type: PDF-1.4

language: eng

rights: This item is a work of the United States government. Under Section 105 of the United States Copyright Act, it is not subject to copyright.

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