Internet Archive to Publishers: Drop 'Needless' Copyright Lawsuit and Work With Us - Publishers Weekly

As Panzer was tootling around the Catosphere, he heard laughing and giggling coming from outside the Panzermobile. Following all the noise took our fun-loving kitty boy to the Publishers Weekly site. There he found a post about the lawsuit against the Internet Archive for copyright infringement. Panzer told you about the publishers' lawsuit last month.

According to the post by Andrew Albanese, Internet Archive (IA) founder Brewster Kahle held an internet 'press conference' on July 22. In it he implored publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, Wiley and Penuin Random House, who are suing IA for copyright infringement, to drop their lawsuit. During the Zoom conference, he and other speakers explained why IA's book scanning program is good for preserving knowledge and books. Kahle's arguments haven't changed over the years. The arguments are simple. It's okay for IA to scan hard copies of books and let people download them. And it's okay this is done without the publishers' or authors' permission. And it's okay neither is given any payment for their books. And it's okay because he says IA is a library. There are several links to other posts included in this post.

It's not a library.

Panzer says, "This little kitty doesn't understand how anybody can say it's okay to take away your stuff without your permission and without paying you. No wonder people are laughing at the joke."

Note: This is a humongous post. Bring a thermos of tea and a dozen muffins for today's reading selection. If you follow the links, bring another thermos of tea and another two dozen muffins.

To read the post tootle over to Internet Archive
To read Panzer's previous post about the lawsuit, tootle over to Internet Archive lawsuit