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Most people think of scanners as that quaint mechanism that looks like an old photocopier on the printer, or an independent flatbed ideal for capturing receipts. But in commercial terms, there are two ...

Scanners for loose papers have become so commonplace that almost every printer includes one, but book scanners have remained frustratingly rare for non-librarians and archivists. [Brad Mattson] had ...

The Internet Archive has filed its final reply brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely watched copyright case involving the scanning and digital lending of library books. And with the ...

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In a highly anticipated appeal brief, lawyers for the Internet Archive argue that district court judge John G. Koeltl misunderstood the facts and misapplied the law in finding the IA’s scanning and ...

I never understood how scanning a book didn't count as fair use. Copyright was designed to prevent the unauthorized sale and distribution of protected works; scanning ...

Google is to start scanning and copying the world's books again after announcing on Tuesday that its self-imposed suspension is over. The company says it will resume scanning books but will focus on ...