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The Internet Archive has been sued for copyright violations by several publishers in the United States. Internet Archive scans open library repositories, mostly public domain, still copyrighted books and publishes them for free.
Publishers such as Harper Collins and Wiley complained that even though it is an open library, Internet archives are violating the copyright laws by violating copyright laws and infringing on copyrights in the industry.
Open libraries have been provided based on the concept of digital loans imitating general libraries since 10 years ago. Here you can see the scanned book in printable state. When books are borrowed like library collections, they are put into a state of waiting for return.
However, in March, when Corona 19 spread around the world, the Internet Archive announced that it would remove loan restrictions through the National Emergency Library program and start unlimited loans, although it only owns one physical copy.
However, the program was unacceptable by publishers, and as a result, many states in the United States began to bar out, suing Internet archives for copyright infringement and demanding an injunction against Internet archives.
Brewster Kahle, the founder of Internet Archive, said in the lawsuit that the Internet Archive allows libraries to search and check out books as they have been doing. In addition, if a publisher lends a library book, he said that appealing for a protected digital version of the loan will not benefit anyone when schools and libraries are closed, and hopes that this situation can be resolved quickly.
Since Internet Archive is a non-profit organization, this project is not considered piracy. The Internet Archive is also attempting to record a video of President Trump’s remarks to support the fact-check movement. It fixes 9 million broken links in Wikipedia, saves all posts on Google Plus, and works like Wayback Machine, which saves websites that shaped the history of the Internet. Reportedly, it is introducing a comment from a legal expert that the publisher should argue that the National Emergency Library program is a legitimate use. It is not known whether the publisher’s suit will be successful, but if a ruling is found against the Internet archive, the current activity of scanning and lending books may be restricted. Related information can be found here .
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