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

[Jonathan Lighter]

I consult Internet Archive every single day for purposes of research on
various topics. It makes available material not easily accessible anywhere
else.
 Shutting it down would be a heavy blow and would make some of my work
nearly impossible.

JL



On Sun, Feb 4, 2024 at 6:28 AM Z S <zrice3714 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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