Google’s Library and Books Projects involve the digitization of complete copies of millions of print books without the authors’ or copyright owners’ permission. Google’s platform allows the public to search digital copies of the books and displays both titles and snippets of the works in the search results. On Friday, the Second Circuit Court of
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The Second Circuit Weighs In On How Far Digital Databases Can Go
By David S. Gold on
Posted in Copyrights, Litigation
On June 10, 2014, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals held that the creation of a full-text searchable database of protected works constitutes fair use where: (i) the use of the database is limited to searching for terms contained in the works; or (ii) access to the full text of the works is limited to…