The Internet Archive is doubling down on its position that its digital lending library service operates under the bounds of fair use. Major publishers assert that digitizing books without appropriate licensing amounts to infringement but IA counters that the practice is in the public interest. It also fits copyright’s ultimate purpose; to promote the broad public availability of literature and other arts.
My thoughts exactly, they’re risking burning down the library of Alexandria to fight a battle they’re unlikely to win.
Someone has to fight that fight, because it is about IA’s primary mission as well. And guess what? I don’t see you doing it.