Today Panzer's trip into the Catosphere took him to the Publishers Weekly site. With no digging at all our busy kitty boy found a post about the Internet Archive. Panzer has told you about the Internet Archive's practice of scanning books and making them available for free before.
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| Stealing is stealing. |
According to Jim Milliot's post, four publishers have filed a lawsuit for copyright infringement against the Internet Archive (IA). The four publishers filing the lawsuit are Hachette Group, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Sons, and Penguin Random House. In the lawsuit the publishers assert that by copying the books without permission and without payment to the authors or publishers, IA is committing copyright infringement. The Association of American Publishers and the Authors Guild have issued statements in support of the lawsuit.
Panzer says, "Hmm ... This little kitty says it's about time somebody took this guy to court. It's not a library. It's a pirate site."
Note: This is a long-medium length post. Bring a cup of tea and two muffins for today's reading selection.
To read the post tootle over to
Internet Archive copyright infringement case
To read Panzer's previous post tootle over to
Authors Guild
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