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"A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in
Hachette v.
Internet Archive, a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers,
deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them
out like a library.
Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more
than create “derivative works,” and so would have needed authorization from the
books’ copyright holders — the publishers — before lending them out through its
National Emergency Library program.
The Internet Archive says it will appeal. “Today’s lower court decision in
Hachette v. Internet Archive is a blow to all libraries and the communities
we serve,” Chris Freeland, the director of Open Libraries at the Internet
Archive, writes in a blog post. “This decision impacts libraries across the US
who rely on controlled digital lending to connect their patrons with books
online. It hurts authors by saying that unfair licensing models are the only
way their books can be read online. And it holds back access to information in
the digital age, harming all readers, everywhere.”
The two sides went to court on Monday, with HarperCollins, John Wiley & Sons,
and Penguin Random House joining Hachette as plaintiffs."
Via Dewayne Hendricks and Dave Farber.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
