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Re:Internet Archive Seeks to Defend Against Wrongful Copyrig... by ghaff on Friday March 25, 2016 @02:02PM (#11361615)
To be more precise, it doesn't *matter" if the Internet Archive is a "library" or not because libraries don't have any special status with respect to copyright law in the US. (Beyond whatever special status publishers may choose to give certain classes of libraries with respect to digital rights.) You or I can choose to setup a lending library tomorrow and we have the same rights to loan out physical books as the New York Public Library does.
Re:Internet Archive Seeks to Defend Against Wrongful Copyrig... by cookiecaper on Friday March 25, 2016 @04:23PM (#11362413)
Yes, as you point out, due to the first sale doctrine. Such a thing doesn't exist in the digital realm.