Another Big Win for Google Books (and for Researchers)

Google’s legal winning streak continues with last week’s decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which rejected the Authors Guild’s appeal of the dismissal of its lawsuit against Google over the latter’s massive book-scanning project.

I won’t take up space here recapping the timeline of this now-ten-year-old legal saga – there’s a pretty good summary at Wikipedia. But I’d like to share some thoughts about the rejection of the Authors Guild’s appeal.