Internet Archive Loses Landmark E-Book Lending Copyright Appeal Against Publishers * TorrentFreak
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The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that IA's practice of scanning and lending copyrighted books without permission is not fair use.
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Oh…this is not good.

This is just going to be the floodgate effect for when copyright of any kind is going to be challenged against Internet Archive and we’ll see more losses.

I’m sad to say but I don’t think Internet Archive is going to have much longer.

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