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internetarchiveThe stakes of the lawsuit against our library are clear: Libraries must have the right to innovate and adapt to new technology, so that we can continue preserving knowledge in the digital age. <a href="https://eff.org/document/hachette-v-internet-archive-amicus-brief-kevin-l-smith-and-william-m-cross" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://eff.org/document/hachette-v-internet-archive-amicus-brief-kevin-l-smith-and-william-m-cross</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a>

internetarchive🚨We’re standing up for the digital rights of all libraries today in court! Happening now: the Southern District of New York is hearing oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the lawsuit against our library. Here’s how you can help us defend the rights of libraries & readers: ✊Join the online rally: <a href="https://www.battleforlibraries.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.battleforlibraries.com/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.fightforthefuture.org/@team" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@team</a> 🗣Join the live blog: <a href="https://controlleddigitallending.org/2023/03/20/hachette-v-ia-liveblog/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://controlleddigitallending.org/2023/03/20/hachette-v-ia-liveblog/</a> 🔗Sign up for updates: <a href="https://empoweringlibraries.org/get-involved/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://empoweringlibraries.org/get-involved/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a>

DoomsdaysCWThe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> is being sued by 4 <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/corporate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corporate</a> publishers who want to stop them from lending books.Statement: Major Decision on Libraries’ Digital Rights A Step Closer on March 20"Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York has set March 20, 2023 as the date for oral arguments in four major publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive’s digital library."The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns and Communications Director at Fight for the Future:"We’re eagerly awaiting the Internet Archive’s opportunity to have their day in court and speak up for the digital rights and future of all libraries in the US. This suit from major publishers has broad implications for libraries’ abilities to circulate digital books—namely, whether or not they are allowed to own and preserve digital books at all. "Currently, major publishers offer no option for libraries to permanently purchase digital books and carry out their traditional role of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#preservation</a>. It is just as important to preserve digital books as paper books, given especially the rising popularity of digital books and the fact that many local and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/diverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#diverse</a> voices are not published in print. We want a future where libraries are free to preserve digital book files and ensure they remain accessible to the public as well unaltered. Instead, libraries are forced to pay high licensing fees that regard patron privacy as a premium feature, and the third-party vendors like Overdrive that offer such licenses are vulnerable to censorship from book banners. Under this regime, publishers act as malicious gatekeepers, preventing the free flow of information and undermining libraries’ ability to serve their patrons."This untenable situation is the direct consequence of shareholder <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#greed</a> at Big Publishing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monopolies</a>. Libraries owning and preserving books is not the reason that most authors are being paid ever less amid the past few years’ record publishing profits. The publishers’ suit against the Internet Archive’s library must be recognized for what it is: an attack on all libraries, conveniently aimed at a groundbreaking nonprofit that Big Publishing’s highly-paid lobbyists aggressively mischaracterize as a for-profit Big Tech company. "With a similar preservationist ethos to the Wayback Machine, another Internet Archive project considered essential infrastructure for our digital lives, the Internet Archive’s library provides access to and preservation of out-of-print, midlist, local, and diverse voices in addition to popular books. In many ways, this initiative is similar to the Brooklyn Public Library’s youth censorship circumvention efforts—but the Internet Archive’s library is accessible to everyone around the world, not just youth in the US. The Internet Archive’s digital books also are used for citations on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Wikipedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wikipedia</a>, underpinning yet another core digital public good."We hope that on March 20th Judge Koeltl will resoundingly free this robust and beloved institution from the greedy maw of Big Publishing."<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigPublishing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairUse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaybackMachine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archiving</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalWorld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenContent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FightForTheFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FightForTheFuture</a>Source: <a href="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20</a>

DoomsdaysCWBelow is a link to a PDF of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a>'s final brief.Arguments include:- Internet Archive’s Digital Lending Is a Lawful Fair Use.- The Internet Archive’s digital lending program is noncommercial.- The Internet Archive’s digital lending program is transformative.- Digital lending would still be fair use even if it were not transformative.- Plaintiffs [book publishers] present no evidence of market harm beyond the unquantified suppositions of their executives and high-level observations about economic theory.<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairUse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaybackMachine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archiving</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalWorld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenContent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Capitalism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6074-1.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.publishersweekly.com/binary-data/ARTICLE_ATTACHMENT/file/000/006/6074-1.pdf</a>

DoomsdaysCWOral Argument Set in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#InternetArchive</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copyright</a> Case By Andrew Albanese | Feb 21, 2023 "Months after a final round of reply briefs was filed, a federal judge is now ready to hear oral arguments for summary judgment in a closely watched copyright case filed by four major publishers against the Internet Archive over its program to scan and lend library books."In their final brief, attorneys for the Internet Archive counter that the IA’s 'controlled' scanning and lending of library books is protected by fair use, and that the evidence will show no harm to the publishers' marketplace." <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FairUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FairUse</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archives</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaybackMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WaybackMachine</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Archiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Archiving</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DigitalWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalWorld</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OpenContent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenContent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Libraries</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a><a href="https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91587-oral-argument-set-in-internet-archive-copyright-case.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/publisher-news/article/91587-oral-argument-set-in-internet-archive-copyright-case.html</a>

internetarchiveIf the publishers win the lawsuit against our library, researchers lose 📡 Renee DiResta (<a href="https://saturation.social/@Noupside" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Noupside</a>) of the Stanford Internet Observatory explains why the Internet Archive is crucial for her research team in this age of "information glut" <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#researchers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a>

internetarchiveIf the publishers win, communities lose 🫶 Several historic community libraries have used the archive to preserve & expand the reach of their physical collections. Watch to learn how we helped Marygrove College save their library from permanent closure <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a> <a href="http://blog.archive.org/2020/10/20/digitization-saves-marygrove-college-library-after-closure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blog.archive.org/2020/10/20/digitization-saves-marygrove-college-library-after-closure/</a>

internetarchiveIf the corporate publishers win the lawsuit, authors lose ✍️ Here's <a href="https://mastodon.social/@neilhimself" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@neilhimself</a>, Naomi Klein and 1000+ other authors explaining why they "fear a future where libraries are reduced to a sort of Netflix... for books" <a href="https://www.fightforthefuture.org/Authors-For-Libraries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.fightforthefuture.org/Authors-For-Libraries</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/supportauthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#supportauthors</a> <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a>

internetarchiveThe lawsuit we're fighting isn’t just about the Internet Archive. It will determine the future of all libraries & their patrons, including those with print disabilities. <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/Accesstoknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Accesstoknowledge</a> for diverse communities will be impacted 🌍Over the next 20 days until we go to court, we’ll be giving you 20 reasons to care about this lawsuit. We can’t wait to introduce you to the teachers, doctors, journalists & many more who rely on our lending library <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a> <a href="https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive</a>

internetarchiveWe launched the <a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/tags/EmpoweringLibraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmpoweringLibraries</a> campaign in 2020 to defend equal access to library services for all. Since then, threats to libraries have only grown, so our fight continues. Take a look back through some of the milestones & achievements over the past year in our 2022 Empowering Libraries Year in Review: <a href="http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://blog.archive.org/2022/12/28/2022-empowering-libraries-year-in-review/</a>

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