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"Earlier this month, the Internet Archive asked a US court to end a lawsuit
filed against it by four large book publishers.
The Internet Archive is a not-for-profit organisation founded in 1996 that
lends digital copies of books, music, movies and other digitised content to the
public. It aims to support people with print disabilities, preserve digital
content for future generations and democratise access to knowledge.
The publishers say the Internet Archive’s digital lending practices amount to
wilful copyright infringement. Authors have also complained the site hosts
pirated content.
The Internet Archive says it is behaving like an ordinary library, as it only
loans digital copies of physical books it owns. Its supporters at the
Electronic Frontiers Foundation say the publishers simply want “to control how
libraries may lend the books they own”."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
