Post-Mortem Panel on Authors Guild v. Google Hearing
Wednesday, December 3, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 206
The Authors Guild lawsuits against Google and its library partners (brought separately as Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust) have set much of the stage for how U.S. copyright law impacts efforts to mass digitize book collections. On December 3, 2014 at 2:00 p.m., the Second Circuit will hear argument in the appeal of Authors Guild v. Google, where Judge Denny Chin granted judgment in favor of Google, finding that its book digitizing activities were fair use under Section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act.
The panel will commence after the hearing concludes, starting at approximately 4:00 p.m. (or, if the hearing runs late, as soon as the participants are able to arrive) and focus on the contents of the appeal, including the questions presented, the briefing, the argument, and the implications for any certiorari petition to the Supreme Court.
Featured speakers include Professor Jason Schultz, Director, Technology Law & Policy Clinic and Co-Director of the Engelberg Center on Innovation Law and Policy; Jeremy Goldman, Counsel for the Authors Guild in Authors Guild, Inc. v. HathiTrust, 755 F.3d 87 (2d Cir. 2014); Fred von Lohmann, Legal Director for Copyright, Google; Corynne McSherry, Intellectual Property Director, Electronic Frontier Foundation; Joseph Gratz, Durie Tangrie LLP (Counsel for Google); and Greg Cram, Associate Director of Copyright and Information Policy, New York Public Library.
This event is open to the academic public.