The publishers' lawsuit against the Internet Archive (Hachette v. Internet Archive) has resulted in the removal of more than 500,000 books from our lending library, including over 1,300 banned and challenged titles. We are actively appealing this decision to restore access for all our patrons.
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Libraries buy licenses to do so from the publishers, but that’s unrelated to what I said.
I’m saying the judge found that IA violated its own CDL, so even if its interpretation of the law was correct, the IA would still be liable.