schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square117fedilinkarrow-up1169arrow-down12 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.mlpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1167arrow-down1external-linkInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square117fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.mlpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareOisteink@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·5 months agoThey claimed to use the same protections as others. Is there a more accurate article about how their lending was faulty?
minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 months agoDuring Covid, they lent out multiple copies of the same book when they only had physical access to one copy. It would be like your local library making Xerox copies of their collection and handing them out. There’s no protections for that. https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/2/21201193/emergency-library-internet-archive-controversy-coronavirus-pandemic
They claimed to use the same protections as others. Is there a more accurate article about how their lending was faulty?
During Covid, they lent out multiple copies of the same book when they only had physical access to one copy. It would be like your local library making Xerox copies of their collection and handing them out. There’s no protections for that.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/2/21201193/emergency-library-internet-archive-controversy-coronavirus-pandemic