Tag: Internet Archive
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Internet Archive Faces Setback After Losing Appeal of eBook Copyright Case
The future of the Internet’s history could change as we know it after the Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library website, lost a recent appeals case. Hachette v. Internet Archive pitted major book publishers in a battle over copyright infringement of the digitization of books. Yesterday, the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld…
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Major Record Labels Sue Internet Archive for $400 Million in Copyright Infringement
Non-profit digital library Internet Archive got slammed by a $400 million lawsuit from several leading record labels over its community effort to collect and protect archaic musical mediums. UMG Recordings, Capitol Records, Concord Bicycle Assets, CMGI Recorded Music Assets, Sony Music Entertainment, and Arista Music filed a civil action against the free online library for…