BREAKING: A federal judge has decided in favor of four publishers in the long-awaited copyright case Hachette v. Internet Archive. "There is nothing transformative about IA's copying and unauthorized lending of the works in the suit," the judge writes. This story is developing.— Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) March 24, 2023
He notes that the Google Books use was found “transformative” because it created a searchable database instead of simply publishing copies of books on the internet.
Incredibly, a giant corporation that scans books for their own profit can get away with it, while a non-profit giving them to the masses is found illegal :amerikkka:
Incredibly, a giant corporation that scans books for their own profit can get away with it, while a non-profit giving them to the masses is found illegal :amerikkka: