In a troubling blow to public access, a US appeals court sided with big publishers, erasing half a million books from the Internet Archive’s lending library. This case isn’t just about books; it’s also about who controls the digital commons.
  • doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    6 days ago

    The IA loaned digital copies of books they’d scanned. Only a certain amount of copies could be loaned at one time due to stupid copyright bullshit

    During the pandemic they allowed unlimited copies to be loaned out at any time which made the copyright mafia big mad