U.S. Court of Google ebook class suit against the project scrutinizes

NEW YORK: A U.S. federal appeals court on Wednesday many writers can benefit from the proposed project, digitize millions of books to the class action law suit against Google Inc questioned the rationale.

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Google plaintiffs file claims individually rather than allowing a class action lawsuit followed a lower court's ruling is appealed.


The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals bars collective lawsuit against Google to the possibility of a large damage award would be very difficult for plaintiffs to win it.

Circuit Judge Pierre Leval, one of three judges hearing the appeal of Google's project company can benefit many authors. This particular work which are more obscure writers can help, they can buy their books where the readers are saying.

"A lot of writers say, that is a very good thing for me, that hey," Leval said.

Robert LaRocca, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, Google conducted a survey of members of the class did poorly argued. The survey, plaintiffs said in court papers, 500 authors, or 58 percent of those surveyed, Google showed that the project approved.

"We think our support class majority," he said.

What is fair use?



After Google more than 20 million books and more than 4 million pieces posted online is scanned.

Project can be "too much for our culture," said Circuit Judge Barrington Parker.

"This has never happened in the history of mankind that is something," he said.

Google practice "fair use" is only available online as part of work under U.S. copyright law constituted a waiver argument. Copied verbatim Plaintiffs job performance substantially different from its original form by saying that the difference is.

Seth Waxman, a lawyer for Google, the company's losses amount to more than $ 3 billion each copy of the book, the $ 750 must be paid on the basis of the prosecution's argument that the appeals court said.

Leval and panel, Circuit Judge Jose Cabranes on the third judge's case could be made ahead of yourself advised.

Instead the case to proceed as a class action allows alter lower court ruling that Google's "fair use" defense first, to send back the case to the district court to rule on why, two judges, two Lawyers asked for directions to the class later decide validity.

"If you are out of order, I wonder," Leval Waxman said.

Google's lawyers Class mathematical poetry books, a task that encompasses many different types of competition. Against different types of "fair use" defense debate will be like arguing "with one hand tied behind our backs."

The judges reserved judgment on the case.

"We have millions of great books to help open pool, readers and writers alike the benefits of Google Books has invested in," Maggie Shiels, a spokesman for Google said in a statement.

Case Authors Guild Inc. v. Google Inc ET al, 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 12-3200 is. (Reuters)