The Google Library Project: Is Digitization for Purposes of Online Indexing Fair Use Under Copyright Law?

Manuel, Kate M.

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Intellectual property;    Copyright;    Author and authorship;    Publishers and publishing;    Humanities;   

RP-ID  :  R40194
RP-ID  :  R40194_2009Jul06

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Google Book Search Library Project, announced in December 2004, raised important questions about infringing reproduction and fair use under copyright law. Google planned to digitize, index, and display "snippets" of print books in the collections of five major libraries without the permission of the books' copyright holders, if any. Google's proposed reproduction and display of copyrighted books was not authorized by the rights holders, who alleged that the Google Library Project infringed their copyrights. This report provides background on the Library Project, legal issues raised by digitization and indexing projects, and the proposed settlement.