Archive for September, 2005
Authors Guild Sues Google over Library Project, alleges copyright infringement.
Sunday, September 25th, 2005The Authors Guild, along with a Lincoln biographer, a children’s book author, and a former Poet Laureate of the United States have filed a class action suit in federal court in Manhattan against Google over its unauthorized scanning and copying of books through its Google Library program.
The suit alleges that the $90 billion search […]
Chinese ‘Google’ sued by record labels
Friday, September 16th, 2005The major record labels have filed a copyright suit against Chinese seach engine ‘Baidu’. The suit involves a new theory of liability, holding a search-engine and indexing service liable for providing links to infringing material. This represents the next step for record labels’ attempts to thwart music piracy. Will it succeed? Stay tuned.
Baidu’s stock price […]
