Ruling
The District Court, Jones, J., held that:
- Operator did not directly infringe on author's copyrighted works;
- Author granted operator implied license to display “cached” links to web pages containing his copyrighted works;
- Author was estopped from asserting copyright infringement claim against operator;
- Fair use doctrine protected operator's use of author's works; and
- Search engine fell within protection of safe harbor provision of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
Summary judgment for operator.
The court held that "Field decided to manufacture a claim for copyright infringement against Google in the hopes of making-money from Google's standard practice." The court then went on to rule in Google's favor on all of its defense theories.
Read more about this topic: Field V. Google
Famous quotes containing the word ruling:
“We are the only class in history that has been left to fight its battles alone, unaided by the ruling powers. White labor and the freed black men had their champions, but where are ours?”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902)
“What is an atheist, but one who does not, or will not, see in the universe a ruling principle of love; and what a misanthrope, but one who does not, or will not, see in man a ruling principle of kindness?”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891)
“Unrecognized alcoholism is the ruling pathology among writers and intellectuals.”
—Diana Trilling (b. 1905)