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Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules

Book publishers sue Internet Archive for allegedly enabling piracy   Christine Fisher @cfisherwrites When libraries around the US began closing their doors due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Internet Archive (IA) responded by creating a “National Emergency Library,” a collection of 1.4 million books from its free e-book repository Open Library. Publishers immediately took issue … Continue reading Internet Archive violated publisher copyrights by lending ebooks, court rules