How book publishers are trying to turn the age-old library system into a “reading as a service” operation through their lawsuit against the Internet Archive
In a lawsuit against the Internet Archive, the largest corporations in publishing want to change what it means to own a book. Tweets: @transgamerthink , @mariabustillos , @hkesvani , @es_taa , @shujaxhaider , @_claireconnelly , @adamconover , and @jackshafer See also Mediagazer Tweets: Heather Alexandra / @transgamerthink : Chuck Wendig still unironically has a “no, I'm not trying to destroy the Internet Archive UWU” pinned post but this lawsuit would and irrevocably damage libraries and other organizations for no other reason other than greed. Corporations can't be trusted with preservation. https://twitter.com/... Maria Bustillos / @mariabustillos : Big corporate publishers are attacking the @internetarchive in court, a case that has dire implications for the future of libraries—including your own, at home https://www.thenation.com/... H.K / @hkesvani : Constantly thinking about that Current Affairs piece about the political consequences of paywalls and high premiums for factual information. Anyway, I'm looking forward to the Humanities and Social Sciences being untenable because some YA authors kept getting mad online https://twitter.com/... Esther Karin Mngodo / @es_taa : “... what's really at stake in this lawsuit is the idea of ownership itself—what it means not only for a library but for anyone to own a book.” Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court https://www.thenation.com/... Shuja Haider / @shujaxhaider : Should books be like netflix, where you are on chapter two and then they change the rights all of a sudden and you can't access it anymore. According to publishers the answer is yes https://www.thenation.com/... Claire Connelly / @_claireconnelly : “What libraries do, is they buy, preserve, and lend. What this lawsuit is about—they're saying the libraries cannot buy, they cannot preserve, and they cannot lend.” https://www.thenation.com/... Adam Conover / @adamconover : The corporations that run the publishing industry are using a lawsuit against the Internet Archive to change what it means to own a book and cripple the ability of libraries to lend. What a self-destructive act - libraries provide 20% of publisher revenue. https://www.thenation.com/... Jack Shafer / @jackshafer : Publishers want to “turn the library system into a ‘reading as a service’ operation from which they can squeeze profits forever.” @mariabustillos https://www.thenation.com/... See also Mediagazer