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Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers. (torrentfreak.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive.

Second Circuit Decision Limiting Book Lending Harms Libraries, Public.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago

Now apply this ruling to spicy autocorrects.