As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20.

What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20

Statement: Major Decision on Libraries’ Digital Rights A Step Closer on March 20

Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York has set March 20, 2023 as the date for oral arguments in four major publishers’ lawsuit against the Internet Archive’s digital library. The following statement can be attributed to Lia Holland (they/she), Campaigns and Communications Director at Fight for the Future: We’re eagerly awaiting […]

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I looked up to see who was doing this. AFAICT, these are the companies:

* Hachette Book Group Inc. (owned by Lagardère Group).

* HarperCollins Publishers LLC. (owned by News Corp, aka Murdoch).

* John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE:WLY, major holders Vanguard, Blackrock, etc).

* Penguin Random House LLC (Germany, privately held by Bertelsmann)