Why Google Books will fare well under fair use

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Why Google Books will fare well under fair use

November 08 2012
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A US judge ruled last month that the libraries that provided content for Google’s massive book scanning project were covered by fair use exemptions to copyright law. But what does that mean for the fate of the Google Books project overall?

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