 We’re going to court TOMORROW to defend the digital rights of all libraries! Library Futures will be hosting a live blog during oral argument and a live discussion afterwards. Here's how to participate: http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/17/heres-how-to-participate-in-mondays-oral-arguments/ Brad Bigelow is a fan of overlooked authors & forgotten novels. On NeglectedBooks.com, Bigelow reviews lesser-known books, many of which he finds in our library, in hopes of giving the authors belated exposure & saving all-but-forgotten stories ➡️ http://blog.archive.org/2023/03/13/shedding-new-light-on-forgotten-authors-neglected-books/
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@internetarchive Is this from when you decided to become the pirate bay for currently published works by living authors? It may determine the future of all libraries, but not in the way you're implying. Just thinking about the people who were sad the manga series they read from pirate websites were discontinued. @internetarchive for donations to fight the suit, should we make general donations or is there a specific url/fund to support? As most of you know, our library is being sued by 4 corporate publishers who want to stop the Internet Archive from lending books. The date for oral argument has just been set for March 20. What's at stake? Lia Holland from @team elaborates: https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2023-02-23-statement-major-decision-on-libraries-digital-rights-a-step-closer-on-march-20
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@internetarchive @team I have to ask, when you started making the books in question available for lending, did you follow the proper library procedures, whatever they happen to be? I agree entirely with the aims of the Internet Archive and libraries in general. Having read this statement, I do wonder if the focus on the "greedy maw of Big Publishing" might not be counter-productive in a society (seen from the UK anyway) which seems to prioritise money/wealth over just about everything else. I'm only an outsider looking in, but having had retrospective restrictions placed on my ebooks (I still have a number I've bought and can no longer (...) New post from @brewsterkahle: We have added a Mastodon Server https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/13/we-have-added-a-mastodon-server/
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 Will IA be scraping and archiving peoples' toots without their knowledge and/or consent? |
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@internetarchive good luck homefully you are successfull
@internetarchive can someone explain what this is about in a few words?