Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers * TorrentFreak
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that IA's practice of scanning and lending copyrighted books without permission is not fair use.
  • NateNate60@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    4 months ago

    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.

    • PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 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.