The Authors Guild had might be their final day in court in opposition to Google’s scanning of books in academic libraries on Wednesday, in a hearing before a three-judge panel of Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The Guild is appealing Judge Denny Chin’s ruling from November 2013 finding Google’s scanning of library books “highly transformative” after eight years of litigation. The Guild argued in their appeal that, “While Google may have figured out a way to transform the creative output of authors into advertising dollars for Google’s shareholders, Google’s unauthorized commercial uses are not transformative within the copyright law.” In […]
