Court finds Google caching not a copyright breach
A US court held that Google’s practice of caching web pages so they are available in searches is not a copyright violation, and amounts to fair use.
Such caching is common practice for search tools, so the judgment makes sense from a practical view.
In Canada, the proposed (but dead for now in light of the election) Bill C-60 Copyright reform bill contained provisions to allow caching by search engines.
The judgment is a good read for its discussion both on the law, and on the mechanics of caching.
