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The emergency library was the trigger for the lawsuit, but the lawsuit contends that even controlled digital lending is illegal. There seems to be continued co
by allturtles 2y ago
The emergency library was the trigger for the lawsuit, but the lawsuit contends that even controlled digital lending is illegal.
There seems to be continued confusion on this basic issue of what is at stake in the lawsuit.
> The court fully rejected the Internet Archive’s argument that fair use protected its digital lending program. Notably, it did not limit its analysis to the National Emergency Library. Instead, the court rejected fair use as it applies to controlled digital lending in general. [0]
[0]: https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/hachette-v-internet-archive https://www.library.upenn.edu/news/hachette-v-internet-archi...