It depends. One of the criteria for acceptable "fair use" is that the usage shouldn't negatively affect demand for the original source. Although there are othe

It depends. One of the criteria for acceptable "fair use" is that the usage shouldn't negatively affect demand for the original source. Although there are other criteria to consider, Google's snippets clearly violate that particular tenet. See #4 https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/ https://fairuse.stanford.edu/overview/fair-use/four-factors/