US appeals court backs Google's book-scanning project

Google's colossal project to digitize the world's books does not violate copyright law, a US appeals court ruled Friday, affirming a 2013 decision seen as a landmark for the digital era. Google welcomed the decision allowing its vast digitization program to move forward, but plaintiffs led by the Authors Guild vowed to take the case to the US Supreme Court. The New York Second Circuit Court of Appeals backed a lower court's ruling that Google was exercising "fair use" in scanning books and makin