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Internet Archive is in danger (www.battleforlibraries.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Moorshou@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

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[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 48 points 5 months ago

And everyone that wants unbiased context should read the wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive

The judgment basically completely ignored IA's arguments towards fair use. EFF filed an amicus brief that explains how baseless the judgment was. Assuming the entire US court system isn't in the corporate pocket yet they will win this on appeal.

It's ridiculous to assume that an organization whose main purpose is data archival would knowingly and blatantly ignore copyright law. IA didn't ignore it, they did they homework and saw that their use qualified as fair use. Then they met a judge who doesn't give a shit about that. Nobody can prepare for that in advance.