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"Google’s division of the page into tiny snippets is designed to show the searcher just enough context surrounding the searched term to help her evaluate whether the book falls within the scope of her interest (without revealing so much as to threaten the author’s copyright interests)," Circuit Judge Pierre Leval wrote for the court.
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That's not very accurate, as for many copyrighted books it's possible to see several whole pages.
That said, I believe Google Books is a fantastic project that cannot be linked to piracy in any way. No sales are lost due to Google Books, that's pretty obvious.