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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)

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The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 273 points 1 year ago

I think we need to start caring about how laws affect the preservation of data, this is ridiculous.

[-] Stumblinbear@pawb.social 8 points 1 year ago

They only issue here is that they stopped following the "one book one rental" rule. You're allowed to "rent" out a digital copy but only if you have a physical version of the book not lent out. They stopped doing that during covid

[-] StarshipLazy@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I believe even "one book one rental" was kind of a gray area. Publishers probably didn't sue at the time as the potential ruling was less certain, and they didn't want a precedent not in their favour.