Courts Are Coming for #DigitalLibraries
A federal court recently said the #InternetArchive is not protected by #FairUseDoctrine.
C.J. Ciaramella | From the December 2024 issue
"In September, a federal appeals court dealt a major blow to the Internet Archiveâone of the largest online repositories of #FreeBooks, media, and softwareâin a #copyright case with significant implications for #publishers, #libraries, and #readers.
"The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit upheld a lower court ruling that found the Internet Archive's huge, digitized lending library of copyrighted books wasâ¨not covered by the 'fair use' doctrine and infringed on the rights of publishers.
"Agreeing with the Archive's interpretation of fair use 'would significantly narrowâif not entirely eviscerateâcopyright owners' exclusive right to prepare derivative works,' the 2nd Circuit ruled. 'Were we to approve [Internet Archive's] use of the works, there would be little reason for consumers or libraries to pay publishers for content they could access for free.'"
reason.com/2024/11/10/courts-aâŚ
#OpenLibraries #Libraries #PublicDomain #DigitalArchives #WaybackMachine #ILoveInternetArchive #MemoryHole #VanishingCulture #CulturePreservation #DigitalPreservation #DigitalLibraries #CorporatePublishing #BigPublishing #PublishingMonopolies
Federal Courts Are Cracking Down on the Internet Archive
A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.C.J. Ciaramella (Reason Magazine)
Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •I get why people enjoy tIA, I do it too.
But I canât for the life of me understand why anyone would think itâs not an industrial scale copyright violation.
DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Yes, well, I very much appreciate my copyright. So much, in fact, that I'm in the process of deleting a bunch of stuff from various platforms, so that I can have it on my own site. So that anyone who wants to read it need to go to my site. Where I, if I wish, could have people pay for the privelege of reading it.
And as I said, I understand perfectly why people enjoy and like tIA. But is has everything to do with copyright.
DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Libraries, at least in Sweden, pay the copyright holders. tIA doesn't.
Now, if they simply archived shit for posterity, then there would be an argument to be made. But putting everything on line?
Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •It's not that I don't see the point in what they're doing (did?). I'm just surprised at the reactions.
The astounding thing is they didn't get shut down years ago.
Also: If what they do is considered good it's very hard to argue against what the AI foirms are doing. I very much believe everyone should argue against what the AI firms are doing.
DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •DoomsdaysCW
in reply to Världens bästa Kille⢠• • •Världens bästa Killeâ˘
in reply to DoomsdaysCW • • •Nah, I'm sure I'm not the first one to say it.
Probably would be a smart thing to have Wordpress and such have a little checkbox.
"Do you want this site to be archived by iIA
[ ] Yes, and please put the copy on line.
[ ] Yes, but only off line for posterity and academic research"
Something along those lines.