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.
  • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    4 months ago

    These agreements see libraries license ‘official’ e-book versions from publishers, who charge for every book that’s lent out to patrons.

    So it’s not “unlikely” that it will fuck over libraries. It’s already happened.