Google Books Settlement avril 2014 : intervention des auteurs

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• Publié le: 17 avril 2014
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13-4829-cv
IN THE
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUITd
THE AUTHORS GUILD, BETTY MILES, JIM BOUTON, JOSEPH GOULDEN,
individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
HERBERT MITGANG, DANIEL HOFFMAN, individually and on behalf of all others
similarly situated, PAUL DICKSON, THE MCGRAW-HILL COMPANIES, INC.,
PEARSON EDUCATION, INC., SIMON & SCHUSTER, INC., ASSOCIATION OF
AMERICAN PUBLISHERS, INC., CANADIAN STANDARD ASSOCIATION, JOHN
WILEY & SONS, INC., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
—against—
GOOGLE, INC.,
Defendant-Appellee.
ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
BRIEF FOR AUTHORS MALCOLM GLADWELL, J.M. COETZEE,
MICHAEL POLLAN, MARGARET ATWOOD, PETER CAREY,
KAREN RUSSELL, URSULA LE GUIN, RON LARSON,
THOMAS KENEALLY, TAYLOR BRANCH, TRACY CHEVALIER,
LAWRENCE HILL, MICHAEL FRAYN, DIANE MCWHORTER,
ROBERT CHRISTOPHERSON, TRACY KIDDER AND YANN MARTEL
-AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFFS APPELLANTS
GLORIA C. PHARES
CHRISTOPHER M. STRONG
HOFFMANN MARSHALL STRONG LLP
116 West 23rd Street, Suite 500
New York, New York 10011
( ) -212 851 8403
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CORPORATE DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Eachoftheamici curiae isa n a turalpersonandis nota
nongovernmentalc o rporation.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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TABLEOFAUTHORITIES .......................................... ............................................................... . ii
IDENTITYANDINTERESTOFTHEAMI CICURIAE ..................... ................................... 1

STATEMENTOFRELEVANTFACTS ................................... ................................................... 7
ARGUMENT ...................................................... ............................................................... .............. 11
G OOLGE’S COPYINGOFBOOK S TOCRE A TEAVAST
DATABAS EOF BOOKSANDI TSDISTRIBUTIONOF
COPIESOFTHOSEBOOKSARENOTAFAIRUSE ...................... ....................... 11

A. Google’sVastUnauthorizedCopyingand
R eproductionofAuthors’CopyrightedWorks
D oNotJustifytheHarmt oAuthors………………………………………...14

1. Google’sLibraryProject,Foundedon
ContractstoMakeMillionsofUnauthorizedopies,isNotJustified.…………………………………………………14

2. Google’sDistributiontotheLibrariesofDigital
CopiesofAlltheBooksitCopiesIsNotaFairUse………….17

3. TheUtilityofaFu l l‐TextSearchFunction
DoesNotJustifyCopyingOver20MillionBooks……………20
4. Google’s“UseisofaCo mmerc ialNature.”……………………..22
B . TheDistrictCourtGaveShortShriftto
t heNatureoftheCopyrig htedWorks……………………………………..24
C. GoogleCopiesandMain tainsBooksinItsBook
DatabaseThatItDoesNotUse intheLi braryProj ect.………………25
D. Google’sConductHa r msA uthors.…………………………………………. 27
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E. GoogleCannotJustifyitsUseof
CopyrightedWorksintheLibr aryProje c t.………………………………30
CONCLUS I ON .................................................... ............................................................... ............. 32

TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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Cases
American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc.,
37F.3d881(2dCir.1994) .................................... ............................................................... ... 12
Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google, Inc.,
954F.Su pp.2d,282(S.D.N.Y.2013) .......................... .................................. 10,23‐24,28
Bill Graham Archives v. Dorling Kindersley Ltd.,
448F.3d605(2dCir.2006) ................................... ........................................................ 13,23

Blanch v. Koons, 467F.3d248(2dCir.2006) ................................................................. 23
Castle Rock Entm’t, Inc. v. Carol Publ’g Grp., Inc.,
150 F.3d132(2dCir.1998) ................................................................................................... 2 3
Diversey v. Schmidly, 738F.3d1196(10thCir.2013) ................................................. 18
eBay, Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C. ,547U.S.388(2006) ......................................... ..... 13
Hotaling v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter ‐Day Saints ,
118F.3d199(4thCir.1997) .................................. ............................................................... 18
Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp.,336F.3d811(9thCir.2003) ................................. ............. 16
Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508F.3d1146
(9thCir.2007) ............................................... ................ 16
Salinger v. Colting ,607F.3d88(2010) .......................................... .................................... 13
Sony Corporation of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.,
464U.S.417(1984) ........................................... ............................................................... ......... 12
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Statutes
17U.S.C.§ 106 ................................................ ............................................................... .................. 7 106(3) ............................................. ............. 18
17U.S.C.§ 107 ........ 11,16

Other Authorities
Edwin G.Burro ws andMike Wallace,Gotham,
AHistory of New York City to 1898 (OxfordU.Press1999) ...................................... 21
RichardDannay,Factorless Fair Use? Was Melville Nimmer Right? ,
60J.CopyrightSoc.of theU.S.A.,127(2003)................. ................................................. 13Copyright Injunctions and Fair Use:
Enter eBay–Four ‐Factor Fatigue or Four ‐Factor Freedom? ,
55J.CopyrightSoc.oftheU.S.A449(2008) .................. .................................................. 13
GallicaExperiment:OfferingCop yrightedDigitalDocuments,
(availableathttp://www.bnf.fr/en/collections_and_
services/digital_lib r aries_gallica/a.gallica_experimentation_
digital_offer.html) ........................................... ............................................................... ............. 28

Georgeto wnLa w L ibrary’sGuide toLegalHisto r yDatabases
(availableathttps://www.la w.georget o wn.edu/library/
research/guides/legalHistory.cfm) ............................. ....................................................... 20

Google,Inc.,Form10‐K,sub m i ttedtotheSecuritiesandExcha nge
Commissi onfortheFiscalYea r EndingDec.31,2013,
(availableathttps://investor.google.com/pdf/
20131231_google _10K.pdf) ...................................... ...................................... 7,8,14,22‐23
Google,In c.InformationregardingtheL ibraryPro ject
availableathttp://books.google.com/intl/en‐US/
googlebooks/publisher_library.html#options4 ................... ......................................... 20
GoogleInc.OppositiontoAuthorGuild’sMotionforSummary
Judgment[Doc.1072] .......................................... ............................................................... ...... 17
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Google,Inc.ProcedureforEx cludingBooksfromScanning,
(availableathttps://support.google.com/books/partner/
answer/3365282?hl‐en &ref_topic_3396243) ....................... ........................................ 19
Google,Inc.ProcedureforNo tDisplayi ngScanne dBooks,
availableathttps://support.google.com/books/partner/
answer/2520009 ................................................ ............................................................... ......... 19
PeterS.M enell,In Search of Copyright’s Lost Ark:
Interpreting the Right to Distribute in the Internet Age,
59J.CopyrightSoc.oftheU.S.A.1(2011) ................... ..................................................... 18
MelvilleB.Nimmer&DavidN i mmer,Nimmer on Copyright ............................. 12,18
ReadersGuidetoPeriodicalLitera ture,(H.W.Wilson(available
athttp://www.hwwilsoninp rint.com/periodicals.php) ............ ................................ 20
UniversityofConnecticutLawLi bra r y’sListofL e galPe riodica l
Indexes(U.S.andf oreign)(a vailableathttp://lib rary. l aw.
uconn.edu/research‐resources/legal‐periodical‐indexes) ........ .............................. 21



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