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An academic #librarian summarizes the "anxiety of publishers and frustration of librarians" in the aftermath of the recent court decision against the #InternetArchive. Over time, he says, the decision in favor of publishers will "diminish the #library as a democratic institution that provides broad collections to everyone." He advocates permitting the original, modest version of #ControlledDigitalLending, which he describes as "one small attempt to level the playing field between those who produce and distribute books and those who steward them for many years after publication."

#libraries #ebooks

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/03/publishers-librarians-ebooks-hachette-v-internet-archive/673560/