IA is shutting down their unlimited operation but they're keeping the "limited" distribution of unlicensed books.
https://the-digital-reader.com/2020/...o-weeks-early/
And they're still pretending they're a real library.
Quote:
Given that the IA is boasting that they will continue pirating books through The Open Library, this is really a case of “too little, too late”. They’re not stopping the piracy, just dialing it down a couple notches.
That is a wholly inadequate response, and to add insult to injury, Kahle went on to misrepresent why this occurred:
We moved up our schedule because, last Monday, four commercial publishers chose to sue Internet Archive during a global pandemic. However, this lawsuit is not just about the temporary National Emergency Library. The complaint attacks the concept of any library owning and lending digital books, challenging the very idea of what a library is in the digital world.
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Yeah. Riiight.
As if an outbreak nullifies all copyright.