Internet Archive offers 1.4 million copyrighted books for free online Massive online library project is venturing into uncharted legal waters.

On appeal, Internet Archive argued the lower court erred by adopting an “unworkably expansive definition of ‘commercial’” in determining against its fair use defense. Represented by attorneys from ...

A federal court ruled against the Internet Archive in March 2023, and the archive removed many works from its online library of books. It appealed the decision last September.

What is the Internet Archive? The Internet Archive is a nonprofit that has built a “digital library” of websites, books, audio recordings, videos, images and other research for the general public.

In recent weeks, the digital library dedicated to preserving the internet’s history has been under attack by the internet itself. The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library based in California, was ...

Internet Archive has made 1.4 million books available free online, which some say hurts writers and advances a harmful “copyright ideology.” ...

After four commercial publishers filed a lawsuit earlier this month, the Internet Archive ended its National Emergency Library program earlier than planned, the organization announced. It opened ...

Authors, Publishers Condemn The 'National Emergency Library' As 'Piracy' In a statement, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle suggested the judge's opinion would harm libraries, readers and ...

Though the Internet Archive may appear on the surface as just one service, it actually provides a variety of resources.

A compilation of PW's coverage of Hachette v. Internet Archive, the closely watched copyright case over the scanning and lending of print library books, with the most recent coverage up top. This ...