[Ads-l] Internet Archive lawsuit and challenges to scholarship

[dave@wilton.net]

I concur.
 
I use the Internet Archive all the time in researching usage. It's often the only place where one can find copies (digital or print) of copyrighted and out-of-print works, especially genre fiction, which is often unavailable in physical libraries.(HathiTrust is a good source for full texts of public domain texts, but does not provide access to anything still under copyright.)
 
Shutting it down would be blow.
 
But the solution can only be found in a comprehensive re-envisioning of copyright laws for the digital age. The laws simply weren't designed for 1980s-era video tape, much less digital copies or artificial intelligence.
 
 
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The Internet Archive lawsuit continues. Here is a link to a recent
blog post from the Internet Archive.

https://blog.archive.org/2023/12/29/friend-of-the-court-briefs-filed-in-internet-archives-appeal/

The Quote Investigator uses the electronic library operated by the
Internet Archive to locate and verify citations. If the electronic
library is shut down then this type of research will be much more
difficult. Sometimes it will be impossible.

Shutting down the electronic library of the Internet Archive would
cause a major setback for scholarship. The electronic library uses
controlled digital lending. Major research libraries use controlled
digital lending. The library only loans one digital book when they own
one physical book. This procedure does not reduce the sales of books.

I am sympathetic to authors and publishers. I am an author myself.
This is a controversial topic, and people disagree. Here is a webpage
about controlled digital lending.

https://controlleddigitallending.org/

Garson

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