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Originally Posted by murraypaul
Yes, they are.
It is clear that there is no legal justification for what they are doing.
Whether someone is breaking the law or not does not depend on whether you like them.
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They claim to be doing it for educational purposes but academic books aren't the focus of their library. Plus the HaithiTrust and the Library of Congress, who do, are making their collections available.
https://the-digital-reader.com/2020/...ergency-basis/
https://the-digital-reader.com/2020/...access-ebooks/
These are legal and professionally vetted.
There isn't even a need for their site.
They aren't sued because it costs money to fight a suit and there is no way to recover it. So the autgors and publishers have been writing it off as the digital equivalent of shoplifting. But by going unlimited they have revealed their true colors. Maybe this time, somebody like Patterson will take them on, on principle.
Still, principle is rare in the world of publishing.
Of course, pirates put out of business simply resurface somewhere else, typically on a web site hosted outside the US.