Hachette v. Internet Archive ruling (2023-03-25)

CTL-E-4056 · Event · other · 2023

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

U.S. District Court (S.D.N.Y.) rules the Internet Archive's controlled digital lending constitutes copyright infringement; affirmed by the Second Circuit in September 2024.

Notes

RELP92 supporting event entity; events.json CTL-EVT-022013.

Relationships

Internet Archive cyberattack and data breach (2024-10-09) — related to
In the same year the Second Circuit affirmed Hachette v. Internet Archive (2024), the Archive suffered a sustained DDoS attack and a breach of 31 million user accounts.
Internet Archive National Emergency Library launch (2020-03-24) — related to
Publishers sued the Internet Archive in June 2020 over the National Emergency Library's unlimited lending during COVID-19 closures; the case became Hachette v. Internet Archive, decided March 25, 2023 and affirmed by the Second Circuit in September 2024.

Sources

Wikipedia - Internet Archive

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