Title :
Should indexing be fair use? The battle over Google Book Search
Author_Institution :
Rutgers Univ., Newark, NJ
Abstract :
In late 2004, Google announced as part of its Library Project that it would scan millions of books into a searchable online database accessible to anyone using Google Book Search (http://books.google.com). In response, the US Authors Guild and the Association of American Publishers (AAP) sued Google, claiming its book scanning is "massive copyright infringement". Google says its indexing is a legitimate fair use. As in all such discussions, two different questions arise: What does the law say? What would be good public policy?
Keywords :
copyright; government policies; indexing; law; publishing; search engines; Association of American Publishers; Google Book Search; Google Library Project; US Authors Guild; book scanning; copyright infringement; fair use; indexing; public policy; searchable online database; Autobiographies; Books; Computer security; Databases; Indexing; Law; Legal factors; Libraries; Marketing and sales; Protection; Google; copyright infringement; fair use; indexing;
Journal_Title :
Security & Privacy, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MSP.2006.52
