Intellectual Property
Oct. 16, 2012
Judge dismisses lawsuit against universities over Google book project
A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against five universities — including the University of California — that allowed Google Inc. to scan vast swaths of their collections for its "mass digitization project."
By Rachel Swan
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement lawsuit against five universities - including the University of California - that allowed Google Inc. to scan vast swaths of their collections for its "mass digitization project," known as HathiTrust. In his opinion last week, U.S. District Judge Howard Baer of New York sided with the universities' argument against the Authors Guild that digitization fell within the parameters of...
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