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Module 8 Assignment
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.
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 last accessed July 9, 2016.
https://www.authorsguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Authors-Guild-v.-Google-Petition-no-appendix.pdf last accessed July 9, 2016.
Please write a 500-word summary of fair use as this court decision says it.
Rubric for Assignment submission
Criterion | Description | Points possible |
Content | Student accurately summarizes the effects of this Supreme Court decision | 35 |
Word Count | At least 500 words | 5 |
Total Points possible | 40 |
The goal of this assignment is it should be atleast 500 words and not to be plagarised in anyway.
Thanks.

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Running head: CYBER LAW ASSIGNMENT
Cyber Law Assignment
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CYBER LAW ASSIGNMENT
Fair Use in Copy Right Laws
Introduction
In April 2026, the United States Supreme Court upheld the court of appeal ruling that had
been delivered on the case 804 F. 3d 202 - Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit 2015. Supreme Court
cited a number of reasons as to why the court of appeal had been fair in its judgment. In the case,
Authors Guild had sued Google Inc. for infringing the plaintiffs’ copyrights when it obtained
books from major libraries without the authorization by the Authors and scanned them and
uploaded the books to the Google’s online books for reference by...
