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Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by Dalewyn on Thursday September 05, 2024 @04:07AM (#41454590)
Internet Archive is engaging in redistribution with flagrant disregard for the law, so it is not an archive despite what it says on the tin.

Note that preservation and redistribution are two very different things, there are very specific limitations to redistributing something you don't have explicit licensing or permissions for.

Further reading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108

Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by protocolture on Thursday September 05, 2024 @07:11PM (#41461200)
>flagrant disregard for the law

The law should be disregarded. Its stupid.

Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by Dalewyn on Thursday September 05, 2024 @08:44PM (#41461760)
Your comment should be disregarded, it's stupid.