Wed. 09/14 - The Dream of the 90s Is Alive on the Internet Archive… But For How Much Longer?
Several major publishing houses are suing the Internet Archive. Why? And what could the ramifications of the lawsuit have on the archive and on digital access to knowledge more broadly?
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Links:
Could the Internet Archive go out like Napster? (Slate)
Publishers Worry as Ebooks Fly off Libraries' Virtual Shelves (Wired)
Controlled Digital Lending
Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet Archive (Ars Technica, 2020)
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