In Authors Guild v. Google, a US District Court judge ruled that Google's project to scan millions of copyrighted books was a fair use of copyrighted books because
A) it is an example of time shifting.
B) it is an example of space shifting.
C) Google pledged to give all of the profits to charity.
D) the project represents a highly transformative use of the copyrighted material.
E) all of the copyrights will eventually expire, but the database will last for centuries.

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The judge ruled that Google's project was a fair use of copyrighted books because it represented a highly transformative use of the copyrighted material. Transformative use refers to using a work in a new and different way, giving it new meaning or purpose. In this case, Google's project transformed the books from static, physical objects to searchable digital files, making them more accessible and useful to the public.

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