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 select one: 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.

D. The project represents highly trans formative use of copyrighted material

Explanation:

Authors vs. Google was a copyright case. In the case authors guild accused google of infringing upon the copyrights to develop its book search database. However in 2013, circuit Judge Denny Chin argued ruled that Google Book program met all the legal necessities. the authors guild also challenged the ruling in the second circuit in New York in 2014, the court again rejected the guild's claim. They again petitioned in the supreme court in 2016 but the court declined to review the case.