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Are search engines illegal or fair use?搜索引擎是非法或公平使用？

In a significant ruling在一個重要的裁決 reported by EFF報告由EFF and和 Boing Boing boing boing , Google’s cache is ruled to be legal and consistent with fair use. ， Google的快取記憶體是裁定是合法的和一致的公平使用。 This likely helps pave the way for the book search project:這可能有助於鋪平道路，該圖書搜索項目：

The court granted summary judgment in favor of Google on four independent bases:法院批准了簡易判決有利於Google的四個獨立的基地：

Serving a webpage from the Google Cache does not constitute direct infringement, because it results from automated, non-volitional activity by Google servers (Field did not allege infringement on the basis of the making of the initial copy by the Googlebot);服務的一個網頁，從Google快取記憶體，並不構成直接侵犯，因為它的結果，從自動化，非意志活動由Google服務器（外勤沒有指控侵權的基礎上作出初步的副本由Googlebot ）的;

Field’s conduct (failure to set a “no archive” metatag; posting “allow all” robot.txt header) indicated that he impliedly licensed search engines to archive his web page;外地的行為（不設置“不存檔”中繼;張貼“ ，讓所有”的robot.txt標題）表示，他暗示領有牌照的搜索引擎封存他的網頁;

The Google Cache is a fair use; and在Google快取記憶體是一個公平使用;

The Google Cache qualifies for the DMCA’s 512(b) caching “safe harbor” for online service providers.在Google緩存資格DMCA的的512 （二）高速緩存“安全港”在線服務供應商。

So Google is found to not violate copyright law, even though it automatically scans and indexes works online without permission.因此， Google是發現並沒有違反著作權法，即使它會自動掃描和指標的工程線上，未經允許。 Google provides several mechansisms to de-list from their database and they plan to have a similar mechanism for the book seach project. Google提供的幾個mechansisms ，以德名單從他們的數據庫和他們的計劃，有一個類似的機制，為圖書搜索項目。 It is simply economically infeasible to ask for permission in a system where there is no efficient way to find out who to ask.這只不過是在經濟上是不可行的，要求允許在一個系統如果沒有有效的方式來找出誰問。 This goes for books which are under copyright but out of print, as well as web pages made publicly available on the world wide web.這也同樣適用於圖書，其中有版權的，但已絕版，以及網頁上公開提供在萬維網上查閱。

The way for book search is not entirely clear,路圖書搜索並不完全清楚， as pointed out by Lawrence Lessig所指出的勞倫斯萊斯格 , due to the reliance on an implied licence which presumably stems from the information collected by the Google web search engine having been publicly and freely posted in the first place. ，由於要依賴於一個隱含的牌照，想必是源自所收集的資料由Google網絡搜索引擎已經公開和自由張貼擺在首位。