Attorneys representing the Internet Archive are determining their next steps to try to save the website's free e-book lending program after an appeals court recently upheld an earlier ruling that it violated copyright laws.
"We think this decision will result in a meaningful reduction in access to knowledge. This is sad news for many authors who have relied on Internet Archive's Open Library for research and discovery, and for readers who have used Open Library to find authors' works," wrote the Authors Alliance in a blog post responding to the ruling.
E-book lending is already a widespread practice at public libraries across the country 'in a big way already and that has nothing to do with the Internet Archive,' said Breeding. 'This is not the end of libraries.'
"Today's appellate decision upholds the rights of authors and publishers to license and be compensated for their books and other creative works and reminds us in no uncertain terms that infringement is both costly and antithetical to the public interest," said Maria A. Pallante, President and CEO, Association of American Publishers.
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