The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday ended a decadelong battle over Google Inc.’s massive book-scanning project, declining to take up an appeal by authors who claimed the company violated copyright law “on an epic scale.”
The justices denied certiorari in Authors Guild v. Google, leaving in place a ruling last year by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit that said Google’s project was permissible. The appeals court decision invoked the “fair use” doctrine, which permits some “socially beneficial” use of published works—such as news reporting or research—that would otherwise constitute copyright infringement.
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