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Court OKs Universities' Quest To Turn To More Digital Copies Of Books

A U.S. appeals court has ruled against a group of authors, deciding in favor of a consortium of universities in a case that hinged on copyright law and provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act. The universities had allowed Google to make digital copies of more than 10 million books so that they could be searchable by specific terms.

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Lynn Neary is an NPR arts correspondent covering books and publishing.