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9 December 2024NewsCopyrightMuireann Bolger

Internet Archive closes chapter on Penguin, Hachette copyright saga

Long-running case concerned a controlled digital lending programme providing free e-books | California-based non-profit library says it respects appeals court decision finding its fair use argument “unpersuasive”.

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