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Internet Archive in Court: There's More to Copyright Than Financial Incentives
The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use.
Internet Archive believes that its approach falls under fair use but publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House disagree. Fearing a ‘Napster moment’ for books, the publishers rejected the notion that outsiders can run their own digitization programs and operate distribution platforms, without rightsholders being involved. Neither practice is based on use of a library’s lawfully acquired physical copy, and neither ensures that only the one person entitled to borrow the book (or recording) can access it at a time.”
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