A U.S. judge has ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet Archive infringed the copyrights of four major U.S. publishers by lending out digitally scanned copies of their books.

https://archive.is/2023.03.25-031535/https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-judge-rules-internet-archives-digital-book-lending-violates-copyrights-2023-03-25/

    • iridaniotter [she/her]
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      2 years ago

      Cause most libraries don't violate the one book purchase = one digital loan principle. Buuuut I wouldn't be surprised if they destroy that next & force all digital loans to go directly through the publisher. Also frankly if I was a lawbrained judge I would go so far as to say reading books out loud violate that principle.