article thumbnail

Publishers Secure Widespread Support in Landmark Copyright Battle With Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning service offered by the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. Not all publishers are happy with IA’s approach, resulting in a major legal battle two years ago.

article thumbnail

Publishers Cite Napster and AI Training Threats in Legal Battle with the Internet Archive

TorrentFreak

In 2020, publishers Hachette, HarperCollins, John Wiley and Penguin Random House sued the Internet Archive (IA) for copyright infringement, equating its ‘Open Library’ to a pirate site. Publishers vs. Internet Archive The self-scanning approach differs from the licensing deals other libraries enter into.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Pirate Sites Exploit ‘Interplanetary File System’ Gateways, Publishers Warn

TorrentFreak

Publishers Share IPFS Concerns This week, IPFS was repeatedly mentioned by the Association of American Publishers ( AAP ) in its overview of the most notorious piracy markets submitted to the U.S. The publishers see them as a threat, as they make the piracy angle easier too. Trade Representative.

article thumbnail

Silenzio! ‘Anna’s Archive’ Shadow Library Blocked Following Publishers’ Complaint

TorrentFreak

90% of Italian Publishing Market Behind Complaint Anna’s Archive is a relative newcomer to the world of online shadow libraries, but its impact has already ensured the inevitable. On December 4, 2023, the Italian Publishers Association (AIE) filed a copyright complaint against Anna’s Archive. million books and 99.4

article thumbnail

Beyond Publishers

Velocity of Content

In publishing over the last 20 years, such seismic activity has reshaped the landscape, creating new geographies for the book business. From a bird’s-eye view, publishing industry analyst Rüdiger Wischenbart asserts, our new publishing planet has few major continents. Do books even matter in such exotic territories?

article thumbnail

Spanish Language Publishing Serves Many in US

Velocity of Content

A top seller for Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial , the Miami-based Spanish-language division of the US Big Five publisher, is a book for the entire family filled with gripping tales of good battling evil. The post Spanish Language Publishing Serves Many in US appeared first on Copyright Clearance Center.

article thumbnail

Publishers Target LibGen Domains, IPFS Gateways, Plus $30m in Piracy Damages

TorrentFreak

The site’s origins reportedly trace back to the Soviet Union’s underground publishing culture ‘ samizdat ,’ which was used to bypass state censorship in the last century. In 2017, Elsevier won a court case against LibGen and Sci-Hub in a New York federal court, which awarded the publisher $15 million in damages.