🏠
Author: molly.wiki (did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn)

Record🤔

uri:
"at://did:plc:exrxvyu6bpoym6mbnctke5tn/app.bsky.feed.post/3l3efifuxee2g"
cid:
"bafyreidxek2aafiupwh3vrfoks33ppfxbw5mlfoahelrf5l4i3ezxx4ssq"
value:
text:
"Person arguing with me in DMs that the Hachette decision is good for authors and not detrimental to readers who can just use a library: “I’m predicting that your IA experience will not be significantly diminished.”

Me, literally yesterday:"
$type:
"app.bsky.feed.post"
embed:
$type:
"app.bsky.embed.images"
images:
  • alt:
    "Internet Archive copy of “The New Winter Soldiers: GI and Dissent During the Vietnam Era”, showing “Borrow Unavailable”"
    image:
    View blob content
    $type:
    "blob"
    ref:
    $link:
    "bafkreidi4ct6gsszk5w6ubdnwnpmflckv3atwrwyjxqd6mqcc3pcn42n2q"
    mimeType:
    "image/jpeg"
    size:
    952428
    aspectRatio:
    width:
    2000
    height:
    1955
  • alt:
    "Why are so many books listed as “Borrow Unavailable” at the Internet Archive

Summary

More than 500,000 books have been taken out of lending as a result of Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers’ lawsuit against our library, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged books.
We are appealing the decision that led to these takedowns in an effort to restore access to these books for all of our patrons.
Books that are shown as “Borrow Unavailable” mean they cannot be borrowed by our patrons, including books you may have previously read or consulted. 

In 2020, our library was sued by four of the world’s largest publishers—Hachette, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, and Wiley—for lending books via the library practice known as controlled digital lending. That lawsuit, Hachette v. Internet Archive, is currently on appeal after the lower court (the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York) heard the case and ruled in favor of the publishers. In this de"
    image:
    View blob content
    $type:
    "blob"
    ref:
    $link:
    "bafkreih6gsqh4k62hax5lxpef7m5mjrpzwtuauzdhzet23htdfwg55unyy"
    mimeType:
    "image/jpeg"
    size:
    526337
    aspectRatio:
    width:
    2000
    height:
    1712
  • alt:
    "Library Extension showing I can’t get a copy of this book at my libraries"
    image:
    View blob content
    $type:
    "blob"
    ref:
    $link:
    "bafkreidnpkqnaa7437w4pf7mztu2nn6l4gtojpbs2eewqq3mxepoxl27ue"
    mimeType:
    "image/jpeg"
    size:
    46545
    aspectRatio:
    width:
    564
    height:
    370
langs:
  • "en"
createdAt:
"2024-09-04T22:40:34.515Z"