Jacob Gershman, The Wall Street Journal: "The long-running copyright dispute between the Authors Guild and Google could be reaching a final chapter in coming weeks as both sides wait to see if the Supreme Court takes up the case.
The litigation over Google’s digital book library stretches back to 2005, when the nation’s largest professional organization for writers filed a federal lawsuit accusing Google of “massive copyright infringement.”
The last major development came in October when a federal appeals court in New York ruled for Google. That left the Authors Guild with one more option: asking the nation’s highest court to review the case. The group filed a petition to the high court in late December. Google, which has insisted it’s in compliance with copyright law, has until March 1 to submit a response.
The high-stakes dispute involves the boundaries of “fair use,” the legal doctrine that permits unauthorized copying in certain, limited circumstances."
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