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The Author's Guild has suffered another major setback in its fight to stop Google's ambitious book-scanning project. The Guild lost a key ally when Google settled with a coalition of major publishers last week. Now a judge has ruled that the libraries who have provided Google with their books to scan are protected by copyright's fair use doctrine. While the decision doesn't guarantee that Google will win—that's still to be decided in a separate lawsuit—the reasoning of this week's decision bodes well for Google's case. (cont)Case: THE AUTHORS GUILD, INC., et al., v. HATHITRUST
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Case 1:11-cv-06351-HB Document 156 Filed 10/10/12
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