Top publishers have won a lawsuit against an online digital library for scanning and distributing books for free.
U.S. District Court Judge John G. Koeltl ruled in favor of the publishing houses in saying that Internet Archivelibrary’s model also went againstInternet Archive was reportedlyInternet Archive argued that it had every right to lend books under the
which says “purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching , scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.”that it supports Koeltl’s decision and said contrary to Internet Archive’s claims, “scanning & lending books w/out permission or compensation is NOT fair use—it is theft & it devalues authors’ works.”
Koeltl’s decision was in part based on the law that libraries are required to pay publishers for continued use of their digital book copies and are only permitted to lend these digital copies a specified number of times, called controlled digital lending, as agreed by the publisher before paying to renew its license.
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