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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications (theconversation.com)
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The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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[–] bane_killgrind@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

You can literally photocopy every single page out of a book at a physical library.

It's not the paradigm, it's the convenience and ease of access.