Google has moved to dismiss academic publishers’ lawsuit over ads for pirated textbooks, stating that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Cox Communications v. Sony Music Entertainment negates the publishers’ claims of copyright infringement. In 2024, Cengage Learning, McGraw Hill, Macmillan Learning, and Elsevier sued Google, claiming that Google Shopping ads promoted and prioritized pirated textbooks, amounting to copyright infringement. Last year, a judge in the Southern District of New York dismissed part of the lawsuit, stating that Google does not have control over sales from third-party websites. A portion of the suit continued, claiming that Google is infringing on […]
