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Win for Google book-scanning project in Germany
Here is some good news for Google and for fans of the Google Books Library Project. In the fight over digitizing books, the search giant won a court battle against German publisher Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, who, after a judge told them that they were unlikely to get a preliminary injunction, decided to drop the case. The court also ruled that there was no copyright violation stemming from the project. From the Official Google Blog:
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