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Google Books Case Dismissed—Victory for Fair Use and Libraries
On November 14, Judge Denny Chin of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that the digitization of millions of books from research library collections was a fair...
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LCA Updates Diagram, “GBS March madness: Paths Forward for the Google Books Settlement”
On March 4, 2010, the American Library Association (ALA), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) announce the release of "GBS March...
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Google Books Decision A Huge Victory for Fair Use and for Research Libraries
In a powerful affirmation of the value of research libraries, Judge Denny Chin today ruled that Google’s digitization of millions of books from university library collections was a fair use....
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Libraries Applaud Dismissal of Google Book Search Case
On November 14, 2013, after eight years of litigation, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York upheld the fair use doctrine when the court dismissed Authors...
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Libraries Applaud Dismissal of Google Book Search Case
After eight years of litigation, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York today upheld the fair use doctrine when the court dismissed Authors Guild v. Google, a...
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Herbert Mitgang et al. v. Google Inc.
Court transcript from Herbert Mitgang, et al., v. Google, Inc. September 23, 2013, hearing before Judge Denny Chin in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York....
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Good fair use news from the 2d Circuit in #GBS
This morning a panel of judges from the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a short but significant opinion in the hotly-contested Google Books litigation. In less...
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LCA Files Amicus Brief Supporting Defendent—Appellant and Reversal in Authors Guild v. Google
On November 16, 2012, members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) filed an amicus brief in support of defendant-appellant and reversal in the Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., case being...
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Google Books Litigation Family Tree
googlebookslitigation-familytree-10oct12.pdf
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ARL Joins LCA Colleagues and EFF to File Amicus in Support of #GBS
On August 1, 2012, ARL joined other members of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) (the American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries and Association of College and Research Libraries), as...