dj0x00sDec 15, 2023
Brewster Kahle

Today, @internetarchive filed our appeal.

Publishers coordinated by the AAP, have removed hundreds of thousands of books from controlled digital lending.

The publishers have taken more than 500 banned books from our lending library, such as 1984, The Color Purple, and Maus.This is a devastating loss for digital learners everywhere.

If this decision is left to stand, it will take away a library’s ability to lend books from its permanent collections to digital learners.

https://blog.archive.org/2023/12/15/internet-archive-defends-digital-rights-for-libraries/

Internet Archive Defends Digital Rights for Libraries | Internet Archive Blogs

Dec 15, 2023 at 5:54pmWeb
Show threaddefinitely just a musicianDec 15, 2023

@brewsterkahle @internetarchive

we should consider tracking an index of all banned books. Since we cannot legally host the files, we'd need an index and a system to catalog to have meta conversations about books we cannot read

perhaps we could use modern security measures, like a sha digest or simply md5 to make sure anyone discussing banned books is referring to the same banned copy and not modified versions.

{
[md5(bannedbook)]: { metadata: wikipedia }
}

wikipedia is the backend.

Show threadlegraLeGraDec 15, 2023

@brewsterkahle @internetarchive

Is this Wiley that is suing the same Wiley that publishes Earth Science research? https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/

Is there a way the academic community can be helpful?

Show threadStan SchymanskiDec 15, 2023
@brewsterkahle @internetarchive
Hey #Hachette, #HarperCollins, #PenguinRandomHouse & #Wiley: Instead of suing libraries like #InternetArchive, just sell them ebooks they can own & preserve for the public. #SellDontSue
Show threadLisPiDec 15, 2023
@brewsterkahle @Aknorals @internetarchive Publishers seem to be scum, as usual.

I wish it would be possible to impress upon them the depth of the disgust I feel with them.
Show threadSteveBolognaDec 16, 2023
@brewsterkahle @internetarchive Man, conservatives are thin skinned and intolerant of anything outside their agenda
Show threadGreg JohnsonDec 16, 2023
@brewsterkahle @internetarchive A brick-and-mortar library that locks down a 200 year old book under the Lending Library was at least acting against what I think is a noble cause.