Monroe College Copyright and Outright Theft Case Study

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On April 18, 2016, The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for certiorari (refused to review the lower court’s ruling) in the case of Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015. Please look this case up and read it.

Tell me what you would do if you were the Supreme Court.

That case let stand the ruling of the Court of Appeals which can be found at the following website:

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=2220742578695593916&q=Authors+Guild+v.+Google+Inc&hl=en&as_sdt=4000006 

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Fair Use According to the Courts Ruling


To arrive at the final decision, the Court figured out the character and purpose of the
use concerning the utilization for non-profit knowledge and educational purposes or
whether the 20 million copyrighted books were used commercially for profits and
earning. The Court stated that if the knowledge was published purposely to
supplement the public with knowledge and not for money-making, then the action
was justified.



Regarding this factor, the Court turned down the case reported by the authors of the
published book claiming that Google breached literature ethics by publishing 20
million books without their consent and identifying it as its project. The Court's
judgment outlined that if any person or entity uses such material to educate the public
and not for the sake of their own commercial benefit, the Court does not penalize
such acts since it's lawfully justified [ CITATION The14 \l 1033 ]. According to the
Court's ruling, the main objective of the rule of law regarding ownership of property
is to ensure that any organization does not utilize other people's owned property to
satisfy their own desires.



On top of that, the Court referred to the Google act not as a lucrative deal but a
crucial stepwise act that deserves appreciation from the public. The main reason for
the support is that the published books were not brought to the market for sale;
instead, it uploaded the books to online libraries to enable easy access to...


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