Google sued for Copyright Violation
Three authors filed suit against Google yesterday contending that the company’s program to create searchable digital copies of the contents of several university libraries constituted “massive copyright infringement.”
The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Manhattan, is the first to arise from the Google Print Library program, the fledgling effort aimed at a searchable library of all the world’s printed books.
Google intends to make money from the project by selling advertising on its search pages, much as it does on its popular online search-engine site.
Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild, said the organization did not know whether Google had yet copied any of the works by the plaintiffs. But he noted that they were seeking an injunction against copying and a declaration that the program violates copyright law, as well as damages from any violations so far.
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8:58 am September 21st, 2005 
Three authors filed suit against Google yesterday contending that the company’s program to create searchable digital copies of the contents of several university libraries constituted “massive copyright infringement.”
The lawsuit, filed in United States District Court in Manhattan, is the first to arise from the Google Print Library program, the fledgling effort aimed at a searchable library of all the world’s printed books.
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Paul Aiken, executive director of the Authors Guild, said the organization did not know whether Google had yet copied any of the works by the plaintiffs. But he noted that they were seeking an injunction against copying and a declaration that the program violates copyright law, as well as damages from any violations so far.
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