▲ 307 ▼ Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 111 points 2 years ago (2 children) "Library of Alexandria had to be set on fire after publishers’ court win" permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago The good news is, as far as I know, they don't have to actually delete the data. So at least these books have still been digitized if something changes and they are allowed to be accessed in the future. Some of them may not exist in physical form at this point, or only as one or two copies in an academic library. permalink fedilink source parent [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago That is not what has happened here. "The library of Alexandria has had to remove some books from public lending due to court order" The IA played a very risky game during covid, lost, and now needs to face concequences. It could be soo much worse. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago The good news is, as far as I know, they don't have to actually delete the data. So at least these books have still been digitized if something changes and they are allowed to be accessed in the future. Some of them may not exist in physical form at this point, or only as one or two copies in an academic library. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 years ago That is not what has happened here. "The library of Alexandria has had to remove some books from public lending due to court order" The IA played a very risky game during covid, lost, and now needs to face concequences. It could be soo much worse. permalink fedilink source parent