Comment on 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  They literally poked the bear. They had a copyright exception for the Wayback machine. Apparently they though it would be a good idea to put everything in danger by illegally sharing books. They say they should be exempt because they are a library but all libraries are still required to follow the law.

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  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    They shared them the exact same way regular libraries do it.

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    • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They didn’t though

      That’s why they are getting sued.

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      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As we’ve discussed at great length, the Internet Archive’s Open Library system is indistinguishable from the economics of how a regular library works. The Archive either purchases physical books or has them donated (just like a physical library). It then lends them out on a one-to-one basis (leaving aside a brief moment where it took down that barrier when basically all libraries were shut down due to pandemic lockdowns), such that when someone “borrows” a digital copy of a book, no one else can borrow that same copy.

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