Another Word For It Patrick Durusau on Topic Maps and Semantic Diversity

June 10, 2014

2nd Circuit on Fair Use

Filed under: Fair Use — Patrick Durusau @ 3:59 pm

In win for libraries, court rules database of Google-scanned books is “fair use” by Jeff John Roberts.

From the post:

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Hathi Trust, a searchable collection of digital books controlled by university libraries, does not violate copyright, and that the libraries can continue to make copies for digitally-impaired readers.

The decision is a setback for the Authors Guild and for other groups of copyright holders who joined the lawsuit to shut down the Hathi Trust’s operations. By contrast, it is a victory for many scholars and librarians who regard the database as an invaluable repository of knowledge.

Of particular interest to those of us interested in creating topic maps based upon currently copyrighted material:

Do not attempt work on copyrighted material without local legal advice on your particular case, but be aware the court has held:

the creation of a full-text searchable database is a quintessentially transformative use…

of a copyrighted text.

Excellent!

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