Comment on Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
baod_rate@programming.dev 2 days agothe judgement did not require they delete the books from their archives, only that they stop lending out digital copies of books fitting specific criteria. which should be obvious because possession not copyright infringement, reproduction/distribution is.
in fact, the judgement specfically allows Internet Archive to continue to use those books “for the purpose of accessibility for ‘eligible persons’”