Google Wins Copyright Claim Dismissal in Publishers' Textbook Piracy Lawsuit (torrentfreak.com)

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A lawsuit filed by educational publishers in 2024 accuses Google of profiting from textbook piracy. At the heart of the complaint are claims that Google's ‘systemic and pervasive advertising’ of infringing copies promotes pirated copies sold by third parties. In its recent motion to dismiss, Google argued that the publishers' vicarious liability claim fails to meet the legal standard. In an opinion and order handed down this week, the judge agreed - but not on everything.

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[-] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

So weird how laws never seem to protect the weaker party from the stronger one, only ever enabling stricter repression.

The only solution is to add more laws

[-] incognito08@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago

blame capitalism and big corporations, if there's one thing I've learned in this life it's that if you're rich you can do almost anything, "legal" or illegal, Just look at the amount of sh*ts Elon and Zuckerberg have made and gotten away with over the years.