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Publishers Cite Napster and AI Training Threats in Legal Battle with the Internet Archive
Publishers frame Internet Archive's digital lending program as a radical and unlawful threat to their exclusive right to publish ebooks.
In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive(IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley, and Penguin Random House filed a lawsuit, equating IA’s controlled digital lending (CDL) program to a piracy operation. “The long-range disruptions in the music industry caused by Napster and other file sharers are a cautionary tale on the dangers of illicit copying that deprives rightsholders of the ability to control their markets.”
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