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Google's Book-Scanning Project Ruled to Be Legal `Fair Use'
- Court agrees Google plan is `fair use' of author copyrights
- Ruling allows creation of searchable online digital library
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Google’s book-scanning project is back on track.
The world’s biggest search provider can keep adding to its digital library of millions of books without paying their authors, a U.S. appeals court said, ruling that the effort is “fair use” of published material under copyright law.