These include, but are notlimited to, what the Internet Archive has described as “Controlled Digital Lending”, the “National Emergency Library”, and “One Web Page for Every Page of Every Book”. Now that the debate has moved beyond Controlled Digital Lending, we’re providing some additional answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about the multiple ways the Internet Archive is distributing images of pages scanned from printed books. The Internet Archive’s actual uses and re-distribution of unauthorized copies of images (and audio generated from them) of pages scanned from books are, and have long been, more extensive, less controlled and more damaging to authors’ incomes. And we published a joint FAQ about Controlled Digital Lending, explaining what’s happening, how it harms authors, and why it is (and should remain) illegal.īut the Internet Archive’s book scanning and e-book bootlegging have never been limited to the practices its supporters have described as Controlled Digital Lending, or those it now describes as a National Emergency Library. We joined dozens of national and international organizations and federations of authors (writers, photographers, illustrators, graphic artists, translators, etc.) and publishers from around the world in a joint Appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of Controlled Digital Lending. Publishers Sue the Internet Archive for Scanning BooksĪ year ago, the NWU spoke out against the Internet Archive’s ongoing and expanding book scanning and e-book bootlegging practices.We Need Federal Funding for Distance Learning, During the Pandemic - and After.The webinar explains “Controlled Digital Lending”, the “National Emergency Library”, and “One Web Page for Every Page of Every Book”: The NWU presented a public informational webinar on “ What is the Internet Archive doing with our books?” on April 27 and May 5, 2020.
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