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Honestly, I don't understand why they're picking a fight with publishers. These lawsuits endanger the future of the Internet Archive which does a lot of really
by ForHackernews 2y ago
Honestly, I don't understand why they're picking a fight with publishers. These lawsuits endanger the future of the Internet Archive which does a lot of really unique and irreplaceable work in digital preservation.
There are plenty of other groups with deeper pockets and bigger institutional backing that preserve and share books. Let someone else fight this battle.
- mdp2021 2y agoIt is already ongoing, the publishers already sued - and initially won. This is about a request for appeal.
- account42 2y agoIt is ongoing now. It wasn't ongoing when the IA decided to branch into lending books.
- mdp2021 2y agoSo you mean: "they could have avoided the fight by avoiding lending". The reply would very probably be that they thought they did what was Right... Many of us agree. A proper online library: yes this is one of the greatest ideas and values.
- ForHackernews 2y agoOh, well, I guess I hope they win their appeal because it's too late to unring that bell. When I read about it, it seemed like a very open-and-shut infringement case, though. It seems like their only chance will be drawing some activist judges who want to make new law.