Google Book Search Project : Is Online Indexing a Fair Use Under Copyright Law.

Provides background on copyright infringement complaints filed by authors and publishing companies against Google, Inc. for the Google Book Search Project, an effort by Google, in conjunction with several library partners, to digitally scan books so they can be searched online using the Google searc...

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Corporate Authors: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2007.
Series:U.S. Congressional Research.
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Summary:Provides background on copyright infringement complaints filed by authors and publishing companies against Google, Inc. for the Google Book Search Project, an effort by Google, in conjunction with several library partners, to digitally scan books so they can be searched online using the Google search engine. Summarizes the fair use exception under copyright law and related case law.
Item Description:Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.
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