Should Indexing Be Fair Use? The Battle over Google Book Search

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March/April 2006 (vol. 4 no. 2) pp. 80-83

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	@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2006.52, author = {Michael Lesk}, title = {Should Indexing Be Fair Use? The Battle over Google Book Search}, journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy}, volume = {4}, number = {2}, issn = {1540-7993}, year = {2006}, pages = {80-83}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2006.52}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Michael Lesk, Rutgers University

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?

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Michael Lesk, "Should Indexing Be Fair Use? The Battle over Google Book Search," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 80-83, Mar./Apr. 2006, doi:10.1109/MSP.2006.52

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