In recent weeks, the digital library dedicated to preserving the internet’s history has been under attack by the internet itself. The Internet Archive, a nonprofit library based in California, was ...

Internet Archive has made 1.4 million books available free online, which some say hurts writers and advances a harmful “copyright ideology.” ...

The Internet Archive’s online lending library, called the Open Library, recently suffered a big defeat in court.

A federal court ruled against the Internet Archive in March 2023, and the archive removed many works from its online library of books. It appealed the decision last September.

After four commercial publishers filed a lawsuit earlier this month, the Internet Archive ended its National Emergency Library program earlier than planned, the organization announced. It opened ...

Authors, Publishers Condemn The 'National Emergency Library' As 'Piracy' In a statement, Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle suggested the judge's opinion would harm libraries, readers and ...

On appeal, Internet Archive argued the lower court erred by adopting an “unworkably expansive definition of ‘commercial’” in determining against its fair use defense. Represented by attorneys from ...

The Internet Archive argues that, because it allows only one person at a time to borrow a digital book, it is simply replicating regular library lending.

The Internet Archive has become an official U.S. federal depository library, providing online users with access to archived congressional bills, laws, regulations, presidential documents, and ...

This particular archive, which will be led by tech historian Kay Savetz, will include amateur radio broadcasts and digital material from the early days of the internet.

Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project, setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the ...