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AZSkiffyGeek

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2. It's not a library

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Sun Mar 19, 2023, 08:01 PM

Mar 2023

Libraries pay for books they make available. They take books and scan them and are not paying royalties for their use.
They do some good at making otherwise unavailable stuff available, and their live music archive is great, but I know several prominent authors whose work is being illegally shared on the site - and that’s the basis of the lawsuit. They are sharing copyrighted material without permission.

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The Internet Archive Is a Library [View all] douglas9 Mar 2023 OP

I donate annually to this extremely important and valuable resource! snot Mar 2023 #1

It's not a library AZSkiffyGeek Mar 2023 #2