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…
Monge v. Maya Magazines, Inc.: Tabloid Fair Use Immunity? Not So Fast!
By David S. Gold on
Posted in Copyrights
The unauthorized use of copyrighted material may, under certain circumstances, be permissible under copyright’s “fair use” doctrine. Fair use has been described as “the most troublesome [doctrine] in the whole of copyright” in that “courts are left with almost complete discretion in determining whether any given [fair use] factor is present in any particular use.” …