How Google Stole the Work of Millions of Authors Let the Supreme Court decide: Was it fair to copy millions of books without paying writers?

The Wall Street Journal reports:

It’s useful here to consider that Google reported revenue of nearly $75 billion in 2015. Last year, an Authors Guild survey on writers’ annual incomes since 2009 showed a 67% decline for authors with 15 or more years of experience. Most respondents, if they were to live only on their writing income, would be below the poverty line.

It's getting very difficult to defend the concept of intellectual property.