 Democracy's Library kicked off with Canada and the US. Canadian govdocs are under "Crown Copyright" which makes things less clear. The Libraries in Canada have just written a Best Practices to make it more clear on how to build Democracy's Library Canada. Go Canada! http://cfla-fcab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Code_of_Best_Practice_Crown_Copyright-May2024.pdf βIf Congress had not statutorily protected first sale, would library lending be legal?β π€ Thatβs one of 3 key questions librarian & legal scholar Michelle Wu breaks down from the recent oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive: https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/a-response-to-hachette-v-internet-archive-from-michelle-wu Internet Archive suffered a major power outage over the weekend and we are still recovering; if the site seems a little janky and slow, that's why. @textfiles I am now uploading and see problems but didn't want to brother. good to see an explanation. @textfiles how failsafe are the archives? you might want to look at the backend design of Google's servers. and/or register the nonprofit outside the reach of the courts, large corporations like google do it to avoid paying taxes, copyright only allows companies to hide the truth of there corruption and harm. In the SF Bay Area this week? We're holding an *in-person* meetup at the @internetarchive HQ in San Francisco this Wednesday, July 10 5:30-9pm! Come by for dinner, drinks, + socializing, and hear about new projects participating at DWeb Camp this summer. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-sf-meetup-dweb-camp-sneak-peek-in-person-tickets-940716206497 With climate change posing a threat for island nations & their cultural heritage, preservation efforts are now more crucial than ever. Learn how our partnership with Arubaβs national library & archives is helping in this PBS NewsHour story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSL2xFNOLU COVID is back, and Climate Change. Oh, no. The world is ending. π€¦ββοΈ I live on an island, and the population is fine. π€¦ββοΈ What is harming the population? The over-regulation of the "green" laws, the "gun control" disarming the good guys, and the inflation causing policies of the left-wing that's in charge here. @internetarchive you can persevere culture about as well as you can persevere a piece of fruit. It is a constantly changing thing and efforts to preserve it will also change it. Documentation is what's important. "Saved MTV News Is Back (Kind Of) Thanks to the Internet Archive After Paramount Global yanked over 20 years of music journalism, the non-profit Internet Archive created a searchable index of MTV News via its Wayback Machine" rolling stone. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/mtv-news-saved-internet-archive-1235051776/ The publishers' lawsuit against our library is featured in the latest episode of "Why Is This Happening? The Chris Hayes Podcast." Listen in as Brewster Kahle, Internet Archive's digital librarian, talks with Chris Hayes about the future of libraries, and what the publishers' lawsuit means for libraries & their patrons in the digital age. Chris & Brewster are joined by librarian and lawyer, Kyle K. Courtney. π https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/02/listen-the-end-of-libraries-as-we-know-them/ @internetarchive It's just a shame that I wont listen to that because you didn't link to a free download. Our virtual meetup next week will feature: Happening WED July 3 5pm PT (Asia-Pacific friendly time!) https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2024-dweb-meetup-dweb-camp-sessions-preview-tickets-934001442457 So what happened last Friday in court with Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers' lawsuit against our library? Check out updates in our new post: https://blog.archive.org/2024/07/01/what-happened-last-friday-in-hachette-v-internet-archive/ @internetarchive o god this is so frustrating. even the judges mixing up first sale and fair use; stating that it's distributing millions of copies for free; no real discussion of the downside of a digitized book vs a real ebook. *ooof!* STATEMENT ahead of @internetarchive oral arguments in their appeal for the right to own digital books: "The right to read without fear of being punished for what you read has never been more under threat." Weβre fighting to restore access to more than 500,000 books in court this week. You can show your support in a number of ways - learn more π https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/26/were-fighting-for-library-rights-in-court-this-friday-join-us/ How Libraries Make History--that is, piece together the cultural record for the future with the @internetarchive's Brewster Kahle! A fun project from the cooperative that brings you @flaminghydra RESTORE half a million books removed from the Open Library by rent-seeking publishers!! Protect the @internetarchive The future of libraries is at stake and that is no exaggeration. Sign the petition here.  Did you catch the story about the Wayback Machine on CBS News Sunday Morning? π David Pogue chatted with @brewsterkahle about archiving the web, and the lawsuits from publishers & the recording industry that threaten our mission & your access to information. Watch now: https://cbsnews.com/news/the-wayback-machine-a-time-machine-for-the-web/
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@internetarchive @brewsterkahle Hands off the Internet Archive! You can only complain if you do an equivalent service to the public as they do! They're doing what you should be doing instead of cowering behind some obscure copyright crap! AAP: "American publishers fuel the creative economy, advance scholarship and lifelong learning, and promote free expression and the democratic exchange of ideas." Going after a non-profit organization doesn't sound free or democratic at all. @internetarchive @brewsterkahle The internet archive is a corpus to the works of humanity. It's downfall would mark the end of internet freedom. Long live the internet archive. man, i'm thoroughly bummed that the 3 books i wrote are no longer accessible as part of the @internetarchive library. i've purchased so, so many books after discovering them there (or the similarly declawed google books). i've also often used it to quickly reference my own books & others, especially if i'm out in the world & need to look something up. not like a library, actually a library. https://xoxo.zone/@waxy/112651689438313490 #books #libraries HAPPENING TODAY, 9am ET: David Pogue chats with @brewsterkahle about the Wayback Machine on CBS News Sunday Morning π https://www.cbsnews.com/news/this-week-on-sunday-morning-june-23-2024/  A few years ago, a kid mourning his dad handed me over 300 DVDs his dad had made of local bands in his London Suburb in the 2010s before passing on. He didn't know what do with them. I did. All of them are up at Internet Archive, hundreds of hours of cover bands playing in a bar, and now, thanks to a volunteer, Ducky, we have them all with dates and descriptions, where known. Enjoy.
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 @textfiles With all respect to the kid, the dad and the dedication to archive a remarkable collection, did these bands consent to have their work published online and also exposed to the maelstrom that is AI? Or are we in an era of "we see it, we feed it"? @textfiles this post made it to my feed and wow, I had no idea the internet archive was anything other than than just the webpage indexing part. Very cool. More than 500,000 books have been removed from the Internet Archive's lending library due to the Hachette v. Internet Archive lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. π Our patrons have shared powerful stories about how this loss has impacted them, and we need your help to make a change. Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. πβοΈ #LetReadersRead
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 @internetarchive @joncamfield But if people start reading books they could start thinking. If current events show us anything, it is that no one wants people to think. @internetarchive @internetarchive I appreciate the effort to appeal to publishers, but wouldn't it be better to lobby Congress to amend copyright law to give libraries permission to engage in CDL? What if online platforms were designed with democracy in mind? GOVERNABLE SPACES presents projects doing just thatβbuilding values like transparency, collective decision-making, & accessibility for all into their designs. Learn about ambitious, Bay Area-based projects that enable ordinary users to co-govern their online lives. |
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Don't be fooled! Librarians are a completely different genus, they are also extending their hours here in Toronto just so folks in the heat wave have somewhere with air-conditioning and no user fees. Imagine!
Dangerous people, librarians. π