(To post in the Forum) Dear All An interesting read. Google estimates that there are about 130 million unique books in the world. And the search giant intends to scan them all by 2020. After an eight-year, multi-branched legal battle <http://www.librarycopyrightalliance.org/bm~doc/google-books-litigation- family-tree.pdf> , Judge Denny Chin came down on the side of Google Books in a major decision on Thursday <http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/google-books-victory-widens-the-scope- of-fair-use> , ruling that Google was within its legal right to digitize the books under the fair use provision of US copyright law. Google started its digitization effort about a decade ago, but was criticized by authors and publishers for violating copyright, eventually spurring a class action lawsuit brought forward by the Authors Guild and the the Association of American Publishers. Chin ruled against the groups last week, in a move that's been hailed as a victory for fair use on the internet. Robert Darnton, a celebrated book historian and Harvard University's head librarian, has followed the legal saga over the years- always as a strong advocate for the public's access to literature in the digital realm. I talked with Darnton about last week's ruling, as well as the history of fair use and the future of digital publishing. Full Story: http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/harvards-head-librarian-is-delighted-th at-google-books-will-expand-fair-use Regards, Noufal.PP ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** "This e-Mail may contain proprietary and confidential information and is sentfor the intended recipient(s) only. If, by an addressing or transmission error,this mail has been misdirected to you, you are requested to delete this mailimmediately. You are also hereby notified that any use, any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and/or publication of this e-mail message,contents or its attachment(s) other than by its intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. Any opinions expressed in this email are those of the individual and not necessarily of the organization. Before opening attachment(s), please scan for viruses." ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.