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Tag: Google Books

Google Books debate

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2011-12-05 10:40:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter It’s all Google, all the time in our world.  (I know that because I did a […]

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Copyright Law, Internet Law

Authors Guild v. Google: Judge Chin’s decision in favor of Google Books

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2014-12-31 08:20:33. Republished by Blog Post PromoterAnyone looking for the Author’s Guild v. Google decision on the Southern District of New York website […]

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Fair Use

Google Gored by Literary Lions

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2010-07-08 11:33:44. Republished by Blog Post PromoterReuters “news service” reports that the Authors Guild and a number of American writers are suing Google […]

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Copyright Law, Fair Use

Chocolate Ice Cream with Chocolate Syrup

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Ron Coleman

Originally posted 2009-11-10 16:00:53. Republished by Blog Post PromoterHow else to describe a post (this one) that combines two of our favorite obsessions — Google […]

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Fair Use

Guest Post: Fair Use or Foul Ball?

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Gregory Winsky

  When copying 20,000,000 books without permission is not copyright infringement Jim Bouton’s last pitch to Google wasn’t Ball Four, at least according to the […]

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Distribution systems

Google Books settlement takes it on the Chin

Posted on June 28, 2015 by Ron Coleman

I raised questions about the Google Books settlement ages ago. Now some of them have been answered, and Judge Denny Chin’s answer is “no”: While […]

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Distribution systems

Fair Googling a la Mode

Posted on October 20, 2014 by Ron Coleman

Via the In the Agora blog, an update, with useful links, on the suit against Google by Agence France-Presse. Best link is to this article […]

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Fair Use
Utah IP lawyer

The Google Library Project and the dog that didn’t bark — yet

Posted on April 22, 2014 by Nicholas Wells

It would have been fascinating to read the court opinion ending the lawsuit by a group of major publishers against Google.  But we won’t get […]

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Fair Use

One publisher’s take on the Google Books decision

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Sanford Gray Thatcher

Dear Judge Chin, I have just read your decision to grant Google summary judgment in this case and I must express my disappointment. You have […]

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Fair Use

The Google exception?

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Ron Coleman

Way back when the Google Books issue first burst forth, I expressed considerable skepticism that their plan to scan the universe of books and put […]

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Copyright Law

A new use for Google Book Search

Posted on December 31, 2012 by Ron Coleman

And a whole new set of opportunities for copyright lawyers. Hat tip to Bizzy Blog.

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Literature

What is a book?

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Ron Coleman

Reuters reports that publishers are going to allow book browsing on their websites. Amazon, of course, started this trend. Obviously they believe they will sell […]

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Fair Use

Google and the bookmakers

Posted on November 11, 2008 by Ron Coleman

Remember the Google book-scan lawsuit?  No, we hadn’t either; we hardly even remember books.  But thanks to Jaded Topaz we’re reminded, as she sends along […]

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Copyright Law, Fair Use

Commercial, Trademark and Free Speech Litigation

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The question of whether consumers are likely to be confused is the signal inquiry that determines if a trademark infringement claim is valid. I write here about trademark law, copyright law, brands, free speech (mostly as it relates to the Internet) and legal issues related to blogging. That may sound like a lot, but it's just a blog.

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