Journalist Alina Selyukh reports news of
court rulings in favor of digital archiving practices in her article, “Google;s
Book-Scanning Project Is Legal, U.S. Appeals Court Says”. Google has been
steadily building an impressive archive collection. Much of this collection is
posted and accessible to internet users. Writers are concerned that such
practices as book-scanning is in direct violation of copyright laws. The
excerpts posted online from books are thought to discourage book sales which
creates theoretical lost revenue for authors. Recently, one court came to the
conclusion that rights aren’t being violated and the book-scanning practice is
legal. For now, Google will continue to build their digital archive. The
article suggests that Google may have over twenty billion books listed in the
digital collection. I conclude; this makes Google and Super Librarian! While
this article is short and simple, I find it’s important to keep an eye on which
way courts sway when addressing copyright and digital archive issues.
References:
Google's Book-Scanning
Project Is Legal, U.S. Appeals Court Says
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/10/16/449172748/googles-book-scanning-project-is-legal-u-s-appeals-court-says?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2041
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