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.
  • yo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mlEnglish
    10·
    2 months ago

    Unlikely.

    The in-house scanning service at the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. These agreements see libraries license ‘official’ e-book versions from publishers, who charge for every book that’s lent out to patrons.

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      104·
      2 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.