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Federal appeals court rules searchable book database constitutes fair use

William Hibbitts | JURIST Deputy Editorial Director

June 11, 2014 11:04:09 am

The US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled Tuesday that creating a searchable book database and giving full digital copies of books to disabled people constitutes fair use. The Authors Guild sued HathiTrust...

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