AUTHORS GUILD, INC., Australian Society of Authors Limited, Union Des Ecrivaines Et Des Ecrivains Quebecois, Angelo Loukakis, Roxana Robinson, Andre Roy, James Shapiro, Daniele Simpson, T.J. Stiles, Fay Weldon, Authors League Fund, Inc., Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society, Sveriges Forfattarforbund, Norsk Faglitteraer Forfatter-Og Oversetterforening, Writers' Union of Canada, Pat Cummings, Erik Grundstrom, Helge Ronning, Jack R. Salamanca, Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
HATHITRUST, Cornell University, Mary Sue Coleman, President, University of Michigan, Janet Napolitano, President, University of California, Raymond W. Cross, President, University of Wisconsin System, Michael McRobbie, President, Indiana University, Defendants-Appellees,
National Federation Of The Blind, Georgina Kleege, Blair Seidlitz, Courtney Wheeler, Intervenor Defendants-Appellees.
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Jennifer M. Urban , Pamela Samuelson , David Hansen , Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Berkeley, CA, for Amici Curiae 133 Academic Authors.
Blake E. Reid , Brian Wolfman , Institute for Public Representation, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Association of People with Disabilities.
Jonathan Band , Jonathan Band PLLC, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Library Association.
Brian G. Joseph , Karyn K. Ablin , Wiley Rein LLP; Ada Meloy , General Counsel, American Council on Education, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae American Council on Education, Association of American Universities, et al.
Brandon Butler , Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae Beneficent Technolology, Inc., and Learning Ally, Inc.
Susan M. Kornfield , Bodman PLC, Ann Arbor, MI, for Amici Curiae Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Board of Trustees of Michigan State University, et al.
Before: WALKER, CABRANES, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
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