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Publishers Pursue Their Lawsuit Against Internet Archive – What Could It Mean for the Internet and its Most Comprehensive Archive?

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Two and a half years ago, the Internet Archive (“IA”) made a decision that pissed off a lot of writers—and embroiled it in a lawsuit that many netizens fear could weaken the archive, its finances, and its services long into the future.

At the time, prominent authors spoke out against the IA’s National Emergency Library. IA started up the emergency library when bookstores and libraries closed their doors in March 2020 due to the “pandemic.” Many writers called it “piracy” and condemned the archive for allegedly stealing from creators.

More than two months after the National Emergency Library kicked off, Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and John Wiley & Sons (all members of the Association of American Publishers) sued the Internet Archive.  In response, the archive ended the National Emergency Library a little earlier than planned, on 11 June 2020.

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Since the publishers’ suit was filed, many of the authors who had protested the archive have deleted their tweets or released statements explaining they’ve changed their minds.

But the lawsuit is ongoing – and it’s recently escalated. We may find out sooner than later whether the beloved digital non-profit will prevail in its fight against some of the world’s biggest publishers.

Fears persist that the uncertainties of this case could cripple the archive and, subsequently, the myriad services it offers to the 1.5 million people who visit it every day. In addition to lending books digitally, the Internet Archive hosts the Wayback Machine, a tool that has chronicled internet history since 1996. The concern is that if legal costs drain the archive of its funds, all of its services could be affected.  Users of the site and digital archivists have compared the potential loss of the archive’s services to the burning of the Library of Alexandria.

If even authors themselves appear to be backing away from the battle, why are publishers continuing the suit – and what could it really mean for the internet and its most comprehensive archive?

Read more: Could the Internet Archive Go Out Like Napster? Slate, 12 September 2022

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Rhoda Wilson
While previously it was a hobby culminating in writing articles for Wikipedia (until things made a drastic and undeniable turn in 2020) and a few books for private consumption, since March 2020 I have become a full-time researcher and writer in reaction to the global takeover that came into full view with the introduction of covid-19. For most of my life, I have tried to raise awareness that a small group of people planned to take over the world for their own benefit. There was no way I was going to sit back quietly and simply let them do it once they made their final move.

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Wendy Herrington
Wendy Herrington
2 years ago

Your biased article is typical of those who have no understanding of copyright law. Internet Archive is providing unlimited downloads of digital books without permission from the authors or publishers. That’s copyright infringement. Period. It’s also piracy and theft. Internet Archive must compensate every single author for every single stolen work. As an author who has had books pirated and hundreds of thousands of illegal downloads, I hope Internet Archive and all of the piracy sites like it are permanently taken down.

Steve
Steve
Reply to  Wendy Herrington
2 years ago

Surely there are far more books, articles and video clips in that library that are not subject to copyright law. These works would then be lost forever. Seems like money is the root of all evil again.

Bob - Enough
Bob - Enough
Reply to  Wendy Herrington
2 years ago

I would agree with you, if I had not found this on You Tube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts1tu1BiSuY

Something about it being on You Tube gives me a bad feeling as if it is all being orchestrated; maybe collecting our data, maybe adding something to our computers if we download.

Just my view and yes, I am a synical old git.

Shamas
Shamas
Reply to  Wendy Herrington
2 years ago

The Internet Archive is just that a “archive” of the internet, I was around when it was first created and that is what it was created for. The only thing it did was archive different things uploaded to the Internet.
You want to complain about copyright infringement you need to direct that to the ones doing the infringements not the program that backs up things so you don’t lose it.

A Person
A Person
2 years ago

Could the writers of the articles not swear in the articles? “Annoyed” would be a suitable word, even if it’s considered by some to be a very boring word.

jim peden
jim peden
2 years ago

Here’s an example of how important the Wayback machine is.

In their document “Understanding mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines” the CDC made the (false) claim that “Our cells break down mRNA from these vaccines and get rid of it within a few days after vaccination.”

The Wayback machine shows that this claim has been quietly removed. If you compare

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html

with

https://web.archive.org/web/20220722141942/https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/different-vaccines/mrna.html

the section The mRNA and the spike protein do not last long in the body has been removed.

Both versions claim to have been updated on July 15, 2022 so there;s clearly been an attempt to rewrite history.

May we now assume that

  • Our cells do not break down mRNA from these vaccines and get rid of it within a few days after vaccination.
  • Scientists estimate that the spike protein, like other proteins our bodies create, may stay in the body for more than a few weeks.

Perhaps recent research summarised in
https://philharper.substack.com/p/the-mccullough-paper
will answer these questions.

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