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Originally Posted by HarryT
I really don't think that the fact that it's "a non-profit with a laudable public purpose" makes a difference.
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By itself, probably not.
However, my state library's decision to participate almost certainly makes a legal difference for me. The reason for the word "almost" in the last sentence is lack of case law.
Someone from Florida, earlier in the thread, said they didn't like their web site being archived. Given likely lack of financial harm, I'm not totally sympathetic to that one. When people create copyrighted materials in the US, they are on notice about our expansive fair use doctrine, and have reasonable expectation that the wayback machine will pick it up. There is a public interest in web content not being lost.
However, if the the author of a book, currently sold for profit, sends openlibrary.org a takedown notice, I hope they honor it, without need for followup notices, until the copyright period expires.