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As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when 'Google' was not a verb, Wikipedia wasn't a source of knowledge and no one expected instant access to digital versions of newspapers, books and movies.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit's decision in The Authors Guild v. Google ' a case that, the court said, "tests the boundaries of fair use" ' held that a Google database including millions of books was protected by fair use.
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As hard as it may be to believe, there was a time when 'Google' was not a verb, Wikipedia wasn't a source of knowledge and no one expected instant access to digital versions of newspapers, books and movies.
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