Tomorrow, @internetarchive will file their reply brief in the suit from major #publishers to end the right of IA and all #libraries to own and preserve #spyware-free digital #books.
Reading what they’re replying to, we’ve gotta ask:
Who is the real “Napster” here?
A thread.
What the Archive’s book library does is scan paper books to make their own digital copies so that they can loan them without letting tech companies and publishing conglomerates spy on readers. https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-12-07-25-human-rights-organizations-call-on-2024-congress-to-investigate-big-tech-and-publishings-stranglehold-over-digital-books