Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
arstechnica.com Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
Publishers prevail despite lack of proof of market harm.
Publishers prevail despite lack of proof of market harm.
Case file: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988/gov.uscourts.ca2.60988.306.1.pdf
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This is unfortunate, especially the loss of access to half a million texts (and likely more). IA really helped me during plenty of undergrad classes when I needed access to the course text.
Would the "transformative" aspect be valid if IA added a public commentary/note-taking sidebar to their lended books?