The Boundaries Of Copyright Fair Use

The Authors Guild is pressing the Supreme Court to review a decision that cleared Google of copyright infringement for digitizing books without the copyright owner's permission. Last October, the 2nd Circuit ruled that Google's digitization efforts were transformative and a fair use.  The Authors Guild is now asking the Supreme Court to review that decision.  Google argues that the 2nd Circuit correctly ruled that digitizing books and displaying brief excerpts in its search engine is protected by fair use principles and also argues that "Petitioners have not -- in nearly a decade of litigation -- introduced evidence of a single lost sale attributable to Google Books." For more about this case, read Authors Guild Presses Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Over Google Books.