The Internet Archive Chooses Readers
Karin Wulf,
The Scholarly Kitchen,
Apr 02, 2020
Publishers have unsurprisingly gone apoplectic over the Internet Archive's declaration of a "National Emergency Library." and consequent decision to allow unfettered access to copyright works in its collection. "It is showing exactly why we need to defend copyright even when violators assure us all will be well. This isn't a slippery slope — it's a landslide." On the other hand - what, exactly, are publishers losing? Bookstores are closed. Libraries are closed. Publishers have done almost nothing in response to the crisis (except to gleefully count their windfall profits from increased digital book sales). The Internet Archive is simply replacing what was already available. See also: Bill Rosenblatt.
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