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The article discusses the copyright infringement case filed against Georgia State University (GSU) by publishers Cambridge University Press, Sage Publications, and Oxford University Press which is considered by the U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. Topics discussed include several cases related to fair use and copyright infringement in educational settings, the factors of fair use laid by the Court, and disagreement with the lower court on the side of the school.

The article traces the evolution of Cambridge University Press (CUP). Some of the authors whose works have been published by Cambridge include John Milton, Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin. The press began its operations following a royal charter from King Henry VIII of England in 1534 to print all manner of books. CUP chief executive Stephen Bourne explains why the press is keen on building a market centered around the U.S. dollar.

This article reports that Cambridge University Press has requested some American libraries that own the 2006 book "Alms for Jihad: Charity and Terrorism in the Islamic World," by J. Millard Burr and Robert O. Collins to remove it from their shelves. The August 10, 2007 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education," reported that the publisher agreed to pulp its remaining copies in response to a libel claim filed in Britain by Khalid bin Mahfouz, a Saudi banker whom the book claims financed terrorism in Sudan and elsewhere during the 1990s.