From: Kevin Smith <[log in to unmask]> To: LibLicense-L Discussion Forum <[log in to unmask]> Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 13:15:01 +0000 I have blogged about the ruling at: http://blogs.library.duke.edu/scholcomm/2015/10/18/google-books-fair-use-and-the-public-good/ but wanted to make an additional observation. As I read, and wrote about, Judge Leval's effort to distinguish a transformative use from the creation of a derivative work, I was forcefully remind of Professor L. Ray Patterson's frequently rejected distinction between using a work and using the copyright in the work. Perhaps Patterson was not so off-the-wall as some thought, merely ahead of his time. Kevin L. Smith Director, Copyright & Scholarly Communication Duke University Libraries -----Original Message----- From: Ann Shumelda Okerson <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2015 19:51:23 -0400 Reuters: A U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google’s massive effort to scan millions of books for an online library does not violate copyright law, rejecting claims from a group of authors that the project illegally deprives them of revenue. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected infringement claims from the Authors Guild and several individual writers, and found that the project provides a public service without violating intellectual property law. We recommend the roundup from Gary Price of INFOdocket. See for summaries, link to decision, commentary, and much more, at: http://www.infodocket.com/2015/10/16/ruling-just-in-google-book-scanning-project-legal-says-u-s-appeals-court/ Any consequences, for example, for HathiTrust? Maybe not...