Google Seeks End to Book-Scanning Suit
The Authors Guild dubiously claims to represent all authors
Google is trying to convince the courts to throw out a book-scanning lawsuit filed against it by the Authors Guild.
In a brief submitted to the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals last Friday, Google argued that a suit filed on behalf of all authors whose books have been scanned shouldn't be allowed because most authors support the scanning.
Backing up its claim, the company yet again cited a survey that found 58 percent of the authors polled approved of Google scanning their books so the content could be searched online. A full 45 percent said they had already seen or expect to see higher demand for their books as a result of the scanning. And 19 percent said they've benefited financially from the scanning.
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