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Getting back to the OP for a moment, I think this is a good ruling.
I'm not a big fan of Google normally, and I will confess to being more than a little suspicious of their various privacy violations and apparent general megalomania.
Nevertheless, in this case, I think they're doing a good thing for society and, indirectly, even for the authors. Surely it can't hurt sales if obscure passages are brought to light, possibly leading to a new sale of a book. The continued opposition of the authors guild just shows them to be short-sighted and lacking in vision.
As the judge points out; everyone benefits.
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