IPA: 'Global Significance' in the Internet Archive Lawsuit - Publishing Perspectives

Today, Panzer stopped in at the Publishing Perspectives site. There he found an interesting post about the lawsuit against the Internet Archive. Panzer has been posting about the copyright infringement lawsuit filed by four U.S. publishers against the Internet Archive for the past two years. The Internet Archive says it is a library and can scan and "lend" books. The publishers say the Internet Archive doesn't have permission to scan or lend books it isn't paying for and is therefore committing copyright infringement.

 

Really? Internationally?

According to the post by Porter Anderson, the International Publishers Association (IPA) has filed an amicus brief with the judge in the copyright infringement lawsuit against the Internet Archive (IA). The IPA is based in Geneva and six other international organizations based outside the U.S. co-signed the brief. The brief states that in addition to the scanning and lending of U.S. copyrighted materials without permission, IA has also been scanning and lending without permission materials copyrighted outside the U.S. The post contains a lengthy quote from the brief explaining why the U.S. court should follow international copyright laws and rule against IA and find in favor of the publishers. They say it would cause global copyright issues, if the court decides otherwise. The post contains links to other information about the lawsuit.

 

Panzer says, "This little kitty didn't know IA was doing it worldwide until now."

 

Note: This is a long post. Bring a large glass of iced tea, two sugar cookies (biscuits) and a brownie for today's reading selection. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what to bring to eat and drink.

 

To read the post tootle over to Internet Archive Lawsuit