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31 March 2020CopyrightSarah Morgan

Internet Archive ‘emergency library’ sparks outrage from authors

Last week, the digital library Internet Archive launched its ‘national emergency library’, expanding access to 1.4 million digitised works, to meet the “unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials” during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Litigation prompts Internet Archive to end emergency library

15 June 2020 The Internet Archive has ended its national emergency library earlier than planned, following a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by four publishers.

Publishers sue Internet Archive over 'industrial scale' piracy

2 June 2020 Four major book publishers have taken the Internet Archive to court, alleging the online library is engaged in “willful mass copyright infringement”.

Internet Archive defends ‘emergency library’ against Senator’s concerns

14 April 2020 The Internet Archive has hit back at Senator Thom Tillis, who recently claimed that he was “deeply concerned” that the initiative is “operating outside the boundaries” of copyright law.

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