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  • Copyright v Google going to court
    by Punnaburra at 18:10 on 06 June 2012
    For info & comment. There may be an overlap with published text.

    by Shane Ferro - http://artinfo.com
    Published: June 5, 2012
    It's a case that pits an Internet titan versus an army of professional photographers and illustrators. Last Thursday, a federal judge in New York ruled that the American Society of Media Photographers has the right, or legal standing, to sue Google, Inc. in a class action lawsuit on behalf of all photographers and illustrators who have had their copyrighted work scanned into the Google Books "Library Project" database. The case marks another front in the battle over what constitutes "fair use" — an issue of keen interest for artists and creative professionals of all types

    And I hope I don't get sued for 'borrowing' Shane's words - I was struggling to use the hyperlink function).
    Michael
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  • Re: Copyright v Google going to court
    by Evelon at 21:06 on 12 June 2012
    Good for them. I get pretty worked up about breach of copyright.
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