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Last I heard from this story, the lawsuit was because of unlimited lending: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23391662 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=

• criddell 6y ago
  I wonder what the truth is. In this article Kahle makes it sound like they are lending one digital copy for every physical copy that is locked up in a library somewhere and not circulating.
  • jandrese 6y ago
    From what I understand that was the original policy but when COVID hit they announced that they were removing those restrictions. Commenters went “you’re gonna get sued” and then archive.org was all surprised Pikachu face when their mailbox filled up with lawsuits.
  • duxup 6y ago
    They say that now, but man I only remember them announcing that the limits were off whole hog. Not sure what the legal standing is loaning ebooks based on "well someone else isn't using their book".
• mcguire 6y ago
  If so, then the lawsuit would likely be dismissed for lack of standing. (Yes, yes, they may have loaned more copies of a particular work than they had, but those loans have expired now.)