> Do you honestly believe the only reason publishers went after IA is the emergency library? Yes, it's even mentioned a few times in the judgement. Publishers

> Do you honestly believe the only reason publishers went after IA is the emergency library? Yes, it's even mentioned a few times in the judgement. Publishers didn't like the CDL, but were mostly ignoring it. The NEL forced their hand, even if the lawsuit was not about that directly. > They operate in a country where precedent is set in a court of law, how did you expect CDL to "get off the ground" if not challenged in a court of law? If the IA really set up the CDL to have a plausible challenge they would not have shot themselves in the foot with complete lack of implementation controls, and clearly setting up a profit motive. Everyone should be furious at the IA for poisoning the CDL well. I highly recommend reading the judgement, https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.537900/gov.uscourts.nysd.537900.188.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.53...