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The Study Of The Fair Use Of The Google Digital Library

Posted on:2013-02-21Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K J TianFull Text:PDF
GTID:2216330371976184Subject:Law
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In recent years, Internet technology has been deep into the way we work, learn, every corner of life, corresponding, on this basis, the development of digital libraries for all to see. Bring us the convenience of digital libraries, also produced a series of digital copyright disputes. Digital library by over half of the largest library cooperation with the world, their books digitized, and then set up a keyword search you can browse to the relevant books library. Publishers and many of the statement, the Digital Library that such acts constitute a serious violation of their copyright books in the public domain.This paper first introduces the difference between digital libraries and traditional library, the four functions of the digital library, and to illustrate the nature of the digital library products by introducing the concept of experiential products, so that the reader a better understanding of the digital library nature. Secondly, since the U.S. fair use as defined in China is not the same, and the rational use of system specification, with a reference value of this paper naturally focuses on the standard of the reasonable use under United States copyright law. The part of the Google Digital Library, for example, copyright issues involved to do a shallow parsing, in order to offer a few constructive suggestions on China's digital copyright legislation. The nature of copyright works under U.S. copyright law, I think, Google digital library constitutes a reasonable use for the following reasons:First, the purpose of use, the public nature and of a commercial nature, the nature of the use of conversion use; Second, the scanning mostly descriptive work; Third, the use of the work part of the quantity and quality in line with the provisions of U.S. copyright law; Fourth, it is unlikely to reduce the sales of paper printed books. Again, the author briefly explains the attitude of the United States Court of infringement of the Google Digital Library, introduced legislative proposals to modify the copyright law in the United States. Finally, the author of the rational use of system changes to the legislative proposals of the Chinese Copyright Law. A formulation of the law often is the redistribution of the interests of the cake and balance and coordination issues for digital libraries, publishers and authors of the tripartite interests may not only consider only the legal and economic factors. However, the development of science and technology to promote a change of law, from the book Quick Search and preview the relevant paragraphs of innovation and technological change also contributed to the development of the law, the law should encourage rather than hinder.
Keywords/Search Tags:Digital Library, Google Library Search, Fair Use, ExperienceGood
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