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There’s More to Copyright Than Financial Incentives, Internet Archive Argues in Court
(torrentfreak.com)
The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use. Major publishers assert that digitizing books without appropriate licensing amounts to infringement but IA counters that the practice is in the public interest. It also fits copyright's ultimate purpose; to promote the broad public availability of literature and other arts.
The Internet Archive is right up there with Wikipedia in terms of public good they have done.
It's a travesty thet they even need to fight this.
Ultra-Capitalists gonna ultra-capitalize...