[Ads-l] Lawsuit against the Internet Archive and Controlled Digital Lending

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

In 2020 the Internet Archive announced a National Emergency Library to
provide digitized books to students and the public during the
pandemic. Publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Wiley, and Penguin
Random House were unhappy and initiated a lawsuit against the Internet
Archive.

This is a complex topic, but the most important ramification of this
ongoing lawsuit concerns Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). The
publishers want to stop CDL.

If you have ever checked out a book from the Open Library of the
Internet Archive then you have experienced CDL. The publishers who
brought the lawsuit wish to shut down the Open Library.

https://openlibrary.org/

Here is a link to a website about CDL.
https://controlleddigitallending.org/

Here is a link to the blog of the Internet Archive with the latest
news about the lawsuit:

http://blog.archive.org/2022/07/08/internet-archive-seeks-summary-judgment-in-federal-lawsuit-filed-by-publishing-companies/

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