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Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive
Case Number:
23-1260
Court:
Nature of Suit:
3820 PROPERTY RIGHTS-Copyright
Companies
- Association of Research Libraries
- Copyright Alliance
- Hachette Book Group Inc.
- HarperCollins Publishers LLC
- Internet Archive
- John Wiley & Sons Inc.
- Motion Picture Association Inc.
- Penguin Random House LLC
Sectors & Industries:
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December 17, 2024
The Biggest Copyright Decisions Of 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court made it possible for copyright plaintiffs to pursue damages for periods longer than three years — while leaving lawyers speculating about how long the ruling will stand — and the Second Circuit put an end to a free digital library. Here are Law360's picks for the top copyright decisions of 2024.
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December 05, 2024
Internet Archive Won't Take E-Book Fair Use To Justices
The Internet Archive on Wednesday said it will not ask the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on whether its practice of distributing copyrighted e-books for free without permission from some of the world's biggest publishers is excused by the Copyright Act's fair use doctrine.
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September 04, 2024
2nd Circ. Says Free E-Book Library Not Fair Use
The Second Circuit on Wednesday rejected a nonprofit digital library's fair use defense of its practice of distributing copyrighted e-books for free, ruling in favor of a group of book publishers in a closely watched case.
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June 28, 2024
2nd Circ. Puts Heat On Internet Archive Over E-Book Lending
A Second Circuit panel had tough questions Friday for counsel defending the Internet Archive's argument that its free e-book lending program is fair use, questioning the assertion that its system of scanning physical books to convert them to digital form does not harm the market of the four publishers who sued for copyright infringement.
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March 18, 2024
'Bootleg' E-Books Not Fair Use, Book Publishers Tell 2nd Circ.
Four book publishers urged the Second Circuit on Friday to uphold a lower court's finding that the Internet Archive infringed their copyrights with its free e-book lending program, saying the nonprofit distributes "bootleg ebooks from its website to anyone in the world."
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December 21, 2023
Authors Group, Profs Back Internet Archive's E-Book Lending
Proponents of digital book lending are expressing support for Internet Archive's Second Circuit appeal to overturn a federal judge's ruling that found the nonprofit violated copyright law, saying in four amicus briefs this week that the lower court wrongly concluded IA's lending program was not fair use.
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December 15, 2023
Internet Archive Tells 2nd Circ. E-book Lending Is Fair Use
E-book provider Internet Archive told the Second Circuit on Friday that its lending program is fair use, urging the appeals court to reverse a Manhattan federal judge's ruling that the nonprofit violated the copyrights of four book publishers when it bought and scanned physical books to loan for free.