Hachette wins a battle but the war continues

Hachette led a court case against the Internet Archive, which the Internet Archive finally lost earlier this month.

Wikipedia puts it like this. “Stemming from the creation of the National Emergency Library during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing companies Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Wiley alleged that the Internet Archive’s Open Library and National Emergency Library facilitated copyright infringement. The case primarily concerns the fair use of controlled digital lending of complete copies of certain books. The case does not concern the display of short passages, limited page views, search results, books out of copyright or out of print, or books without an ebook version currently for sale.”

Andres Guadamuz has A Short Guide to the Copyright Wars, a clear and concise explanation of the background issues and context, on the Technollama website.

Fact lovers recommend it.