Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project, setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the ...

The Internet Archive’s online lending library, called the Open Library, recently suffered a big defeat in court.

What the Internet Archive is doing right now--allowing unlimited downloads of books under copyright, for which they have not paid, and have no legal right--is not serving as a library. It's piracy.

According to the plaintiff's allegations, the Internet Archive is collecting new members and soliciting donations by publishing Open Library and National Emergency Library.

Why authors are so angry about the Internet Archive’s Emergency Library Authors are suffering under the pandemic economy, too. They say the Emergency Library will make things worse.

While authors Slate spoke with have supported the Internet Archive, the Authors Guild released a statement in favor of the publishers in July; in a recent email, it referred to the Open Library as ...

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost? The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 as a non-profit digital library, aiming to provide “universal access to all knowledge”. It ...

Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said that while the nonprofit organization has always functioned as a library, this new designation makes it easier to work with the other federal depository ...

Those are pretty wild allegations—especially considering that the Internet Archive’s Open Library operates on the traditional terms that libraries in this country have abided by for centuries.

On appeal, Internet Archive argued the lower court erred by adopting an “unworkably expansive definition of ‘commercial’” in determining against its fair use defense. Represented by attorneys from ...

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.