A Nevada federal court has ruled that
the cached versions of Web sites that Google stores and
offers as a part of many search results are not
copyright infringement, holding that Google’s use of the
copyrighted material was a fair use. The judge also
found that Google was entitled to the defence of "estoppel",
which stops a plaintiff from enforcing his rights if to
do so would be unfair on the defendant.
The ruling
potentially helps Google defend its library project "Google
Print" from a lawsuit brought by book publishers.