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Article seems a little content-free to me. Could someone in the know explain what exactly has been decided?


"Accordingly, judgment will be entered in favor of Google dismissing the case."

The complete ruling is here. It is written in plain English. I couldn't find a non-scribd link though, sorry for that.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/184176014/Judge-Denny-Chin-Google-...


Not much. A lawsuit has been dismissed.

What has been "decided" is that given the facts stipulated to by both the Authors' Guild and Google, Google is not breaking the law. Instead, their conduct is in accordance with "fair use". Nothing more or less.




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