After the decision in March, the litigants in the Internet Archive suit began preparing for an appeal. But in the final order filed on August 11, Judge Koeltl delivered a shock ruling that fell far short of granting the publishers the remedies they’d originally sought. For now, the Open Library will have to stop loaning only those ebooks for which the publishers are offering their own “competing” ebooks for license.
Source: A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book