[Web4lib] Copyright Law (fair use) analysis of Google Print program

[Karen Coyle]

I see some immediate problems with Band's thesis. Kelly v. Arriba Soft 
had to do with the copying of web resources already available for open 
access; Google is taking print resources and digitizing them. Also, 
although the copying of the books for the purposes of indexing may not 
be a violation of copyright law, Google is making full digital copies of 
the books for the libraries. Those copies are probably not covered under 
fair use, and for sure they aren't covered under section 108 of the 
copyright law (which allows libraries to make copies under some 
circumstances for the purposes of preservation).

kc

Steven C. Perkins wrote:

> Hello:
>
> The link below goes to a 6 page analysis of the Google Print program 
> by Jonathan Band.
>
> http://www.policybandwidth.com/doc/googleprint.pdf
>
> He concludes that under the fair use results of the Arriba case [1], 
> it is unlikely that the Google Print program violates US copyright law.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steven C. Perkins
>
> [1] Kelly v. Arriba Soft, 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003) 
> http://www.eff.org/IP/Linking/Kelly_v_Arriba_Soft/20020206_9th_cir_decision.pdf 
>
>
>
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