April 18, 2016 — Washington DC — Following the recent decision by the Supreme Court to not hear the Authors Guild v Google fair use case regarding the Google Books Project, Copyright Alliance CEO Keith Kupferschmid issued the following statement:
“We are disappointed to learn that the Supreme Court decided not to consider the much publicized Authors Guild v Google fair use case regarding the Google Books Project. In declining to take the case, the Supreme Court let stand a Second Circuit decision that dramatically expands the boundaries of the fair use doctrine’s transformative use test, which affects creators and copyright owners of all types. More importantly, it missed a golden opportunity to provide critical guidance to copyright owners, users, the public and the courts as to how the fair use doctrine should apply to new types of uses – functional uses – made possible by new technologies and for which there is no existing, adequate fair use test.”
Please read the related blog post from Keith Kupferschmid.
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