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

[Z S]

Shame on Hachette and all other plaintiffs - potential or otherwise - in
this lawsuit. The Internet Archive has been a virtual godsend for those of
us who have accessibility challenges and are unable to easily access
physical libraries. I was annoyed that the IA would only allow me to access
a given publication under copyright for either an hour or fourteen days.
Hachette would have me not be able to access it at all??  Outrageous and
disgraceful!


On Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 9:12 PM dave at wilton.net <dave at wilton.net> wrote:

>
> 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.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: "ADSGarson O'Toole" <adsgarsonotoole at GMAIL.COM>
> Sent: Saturday, February 3, 2024 2:21pm
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: [ADS-L] Internet Archive lawsuit and challenges to scholarship
>
>
>
> 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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