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The Internet Archive (IA) went before a three-judge panel Friday to defend its open library's controlled digital lending (CDL) practices after book publishers last year won a lawsuit claiming that the archive's lending violated copyright law.
In the weeks ahead of IA's efforts to appeal that ruling, IA was forced to remove 500,000 books from its collection, shocking users. In an open letter to publishers, more than 30,000 readers, researchers, and authors begged for access to the books to be restored in the open library, claiming the takedowns dealt "a serious blow to lower-income families, people with disabilities, rural communities, and LGBTQ+ people, among many others," who may not have access to a local library or feel "safe accessing the information they need in public."
[...] IA has argued that because copyright law is intended to provide equal access to knowledge, copyright law is better served by allowing IA's lending than by preventing it. They're hoping the judges will decide that CDL is fair use, reversing the lower court's decision and restoring access to books recently removed from the open library. But Gratz said there's no telling yet when that decision will come.
[...] McSherry seemed optimistic that the judges at least understood the stakes for IA readers, noting that fair use is "designed to ensure that copyright actually serves the public interest," not publishers'. Should the court decide otherwise, McSherry warned, the court risks allowing "a few powerful publishers" to "hijack the future of books."
When IA first appealed, Kahle put out a statement saying IA couldn't walk away from "a fight to keep library books available for those seeking truth in the digital age."
Previously on SoylentNews:
Internet Archive Forced to Remove 500,000 Books After Publishers' Court Win - 20240627
(Score: 2) by deimtee on Thursday July 04 2024, @09:35AM (2 children)
That implant will have an AI in it that charges the appropriate license fees every time you look at anything.
200 million years is actually quite a long time.
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Thursday July 04 2024, @01:49PM (1 child)
On the contrary, the AI will be capable of making a derivative with enough changes that copyright is not violated.
AI will also break what little skill based monopoly artists still have. Anyone will be able to direct AI to make a high quality realization of whatever they envision. No more need of a professional human sketch artist to draw the graphics for a graphics novel. Also can generate videos of good production quality, won't even need an animation studio such as Pixar, let alone recordings of live action. Whole lot more people will be able to do art themselves.
People already are making art, what with all these amateur vids of people playing around or working. Speedruns and high score runs of computer and arcade games. There's how-to videos for every somewhat common task imaginable. How to take apart laptops and smartphones to replace the batteries. How to fix a problem with a car or a home. How to fill out forms. How to cook all kinds of meals. Anyone can view all this without having to purchase a copy on some physical medium.
(Score: 2) by Ox0000 on Monday July 08 2024, @03:39PM
Only corporations will be allowed to create derivative works or run AIs. You will be "allowed" to pay for/subscribe to the dreck it generates.
What? You think that little people will have the ability to run AIs? What planet did you grow up on?