Media companies struggling to shift online are worried about the spread of the transformative use standard from artistic expression, like a musician’s sampling, to a massive undertaking, like Google Books. Both the Motion Picture Association of America and the music licensing organization ASCAP filed amicus briefs arguing for the Authors Guild. “If scanning all the books in the world and making parts of them available is fair use, you could do this with movies or music or television,” says Authors Guild director Rasenberger.
Source: Google Books’ Win May Threaten Other Media – Bloomberg Business