Comment on 500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months agoThey 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.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
They shared them the exact same way regular libraries do it.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
They didn’t though
That’s why they are getting sued.
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
That was the problem that started this mess. They aren’t even willing to admit that was the cause. If they would of admitted wrong doing off the bat and looked to settle the book publishers may of just left them alone. The problem is they can’t see past there own nose