The Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lending
A US federal appeals court rules that the Internet Archive’s ebook lending program does not have the same rights as a library to scan and lend out #ebooks.
#internetarchive #digital
https://www.theverge.com/2024/9/4/24235958/internet-archive-loses-appeal-ebook-lending
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Google fell into a similar pitfall when they started scanning the books in the late 2000s
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