Publishers accuse 'electronic library of internet archive that can read about 1.4 million books for free is copyright infringement'
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Publishers sue to shut down books-for-all Internet Archive for'willful digital piracy on an industrial scale' • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2020/06/01/publishers_sue_internet_archive/
Publishers sue Internet Archive over Open Library ebook lending-The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/1/21277036/internet-archive-publishers-lawsuit-open-library-ebook-lending
The electronic library of the Internet archive contains about 1.4 million books in total, and users can borrow up to 10 books at a time and read online. You can find out how to read the book for free by reading the article below.
Some electronic library books are out of copyright, but there are hundreds of thousands of books published in the 2000s, including the Harry Potter series and the Lord of the Books.・The ring trilogy is also included. Internet archives have lent out digital scans of physical books for a long time, but because of the urban blockade that accompanies the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection, the electronic library has been designed to give people waiting at home the opportunity to read and study. It is said that they have decided to open.
However, although the Internet archive is operated as a library, it does not use the copyright evasion restrictions used by general libraries. Internet archives do not have a licensing agreement with a publisher, they simply scan a physical book, turn it into data, and then lend it. Internet archives used a proprietary theory called 'Controlled Digital Lending' and claimed that electronic libraries did not infringe copyright, but finally a major publisher set out to take legal action. ..
On June 1, 2020, four major publishers,
The group of publishers also published a letter in April 2020 that raised similar concerns. Publishers claim that the Internet Archive has no rights to these books, nor to distribute them indiscriminately without the consent of the publisher or author. The American Publishing Association has also accused Internet archive activities of being 'the cornerstone of hypocrisy' and 'ironical play that damages copyright.'
Publishers also pointed out that the theory of controlled digital lending that the Internet archives advocate is 'completely crafted', saying that 'Internet archives not only function outside the legal framework, they are malicious and fraudulent.' He said. Publishers point out that the Internet archives do not contribute anything to the publication of books, 'in short, the defendant only uses the investment made by the publisher in the book, and the work designed by others. I'm free riding.'
In response to the publisher's complaint, Internet archive operator Brewster Kale posted a short blog post. 'We were disappointed this morning when we saw four commercial publishers suing internet archives,' he said.
Four commercial publishers filed a complaint about the Internet Archive's lending of digitized books-Internet Archive Blogs
https://blog.archive.org/2020/06/01/four-commercial-publishers-filed-a-complaint-about-the-internet-archives-lending-of-digitized-books/
Kale commented that the electronic library of internet archives, like regular libraries, only lends books as libraries. ``While schools and public libraries are closed, quitting lending protected, digitized versions doesn't benefit anyone,'' Kale argued: ``We hope this issue is resolved quickly. I hope.'
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