Legal Opinion
Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 1, 2013No. Docket 12-3200-cvPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff-appellee The Authors Guild, an association of authors, as well as several individual authors (jointly, “plaintiffs”), began this suit in 2005, alleging that defendant-appellant Google Inc. (“Google”) committed copyright infringement through the Library Project of its “Google Books” search tool by scanning and indexing more than 20 million books and making available for public display “snippets” of most books upon a user’s search. 1 Following a course of discovery and settlement discussions, the parties moved for final approval of an amended proposed class settlement agreement…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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