Internet Archive: Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early

We moved up our schedule because, last Monday, four commercial publishers chose to sue Internet Archive during a global pandemic.  However, this lawsuit is not just about the temporary National Emergency Library. The complaint attacks the concept of any library owning and lending digital books, challenging the very idea of what a library is in the digital world.

Source: Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early, returning to traditional controlled digital lending – Internet Archive Blogs

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