Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers.
Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers.
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Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers * TorrentFreak
Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive.
Second Circuit Decision Limiting Book Lending Harms Libraries, Public.
I love the Internet Archive but they are pretty clearly legally in the wrong here.
Not morally, mind. I support open access to knowledge. But they very clearly broke copyright law here.
Yup. Pretty much anyone who knew anything about copyright law agreed that they were making a monumentally stupid move. And their only defense basically boiled down to “bUT wE’rE a LiBRarY.” Which completely ignores the fact that even libraries need to comply with copyright laws for ebooks, via licensing agreements with the publishers.