We Will Be Updating this Post with Media Reports, Statements, Analysis, etc. as They Become Available

UPDATE–July 28, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener
• Extension Order (NOTE: Judge writes “no further extensions”)

UPDATE–Court Filing–July 13, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–June 22, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–June 8, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–May 25, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–May 11, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–April 26, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–April 18, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Another Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–April 13, 2023

• Parties Ask Judge For Five Day Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
• Extension Order

UPDATE–Court Filing–April 5, 2023

• Both Parties Ask Judge For One Week Extension to Submit Joint Procedure Proposal (via RECAP/CourtListener)
•  Extension Order (April 7, 2023)

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Statements

Association of American Publishers

• Publishers Prevail in Summary Judgement Against Internet Archive for Copyright Infringement

• Reflections From the Association of American Publishers on Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive: An Affirmation of Publishing (5/31)

Authors Alliance

• Judge Rules Against Internet Archive on Controlled Digital Lending

Authors Guild

• Authors Guild Celebrates Resounding Win in Internet Archive Infringement Lawsuit

EveryLibrary

• Statement on Internet Archive Ruling

Fight For the Future

• Statement on Internet Archive’s Plan to Appeal Lower Court Ruling Against Libraries’ Rights to Own and Preserve Digital Books

Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (ITIF)

• Court’s Rejection of the Internet Archive’s Excuse For Pirating E-Books is a Victory for Copyright

Internet Archive

• The Fight Continues
• Tweet From Internet Archive: We Will Appeal

Library Futures

• Toward a Cooperative Vision: Library Futures’s Response to the Hachette v Internet Archive Summary

Princeton University Press

• Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive Ruling

Public Knowledge

• Public Knowledge Disappointed in Decision Restricting Ability of Libraries to Lend Books

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Media Reports

• Ars Technica: “Publishers Beat Internet Archive as Judge Rules e-book Lending Violates Copyright” (1485 words) 
  Associated Press: “Judge Rules Online Archive’s Book Service Violated Copyright” (494 words)
• Bloomberg Law: “Internet Archive Loses Suit Over E-book Lending, Covid Library” (Subs Only)
• CBS News: “Judge Rules Online Archive’s Book Service Violated Copyright” (500 words)
• Columbia Journalism Review: “When is a Library Not a Library? When It’s Online, Apparently.” (1585 words)
• Courthouse News: “New York Federal Judge Shoots Down Online E-Book Lending” (716 words)
• Gizmodo: “A Blow for Libraries’: Internet Archive Loses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (558 words)
• Inside Higher Ed: “Legal Blow to Internet Archive, Controlled Digital Lending” (1936 words)
• KQED: “SF-Based Internet Archive Is Fighting a Ruling That Could Change the Future of Digital Libraries” (about 1800 words)
• Law360: “Internet Archive Has No Right To Scan, Lend Ebooks” (Subs Only)
• Library Journal: “Judge Rules Against Internet Archive in Open Library Project Suit” (1324 words)
• Marketplace: “The Internet Archive Lawsuit Highlights the Tricky Economics of E-Books and Libraries” (1035 words)
• Mashable: “Internet Archive Loses First Ruling In Copyright Lawsuit” (361 words)
• NPR: “A Judge Sided With Publishers in a Lawsuit Over the Internet Archive’s Online Library” (460 words)
• Publishers Weekly: “In a Swift Decision, Judge Eviscerates Internet Archive’s Scanning and Lending Program” (1495 words)
• Publishing Perspectives: “Copyright: US Court Rules Against Internet Archive” (1645 words)
• Reuters: “Internet Archive’s Digital Book Lending Violates Copyrights, US Judge Rules” (333 words)
• Rolling Stone: “Internet Archive Loses First Battle in Publishers’ Copyright Infringement Lawsuit” (549 words)
• The Atlantic: “Libraries Need More Freedom to Distribute Digital Books” (1644 words)
• The Scholarly Kitchen: “The Internet Archive Loses on Controlled Digital Lending” (2353 words)
• The Verge: “The Internet Archive Has Lost Its First Fight to Scan and Lend E-Books Like a Library” (588 words)
• Vice: “Internet Archive Loses Historic Copyright Case, Vows to Appeal” (1168 words)
• Wall Street Journal: “Publishers Win Ruling Against Online Library’s Lending of Digital Books” (Subs Only)
• WIRED: “The Internet Archive’s Literary Civil War” (1200 words)
  

  The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library

Updated: April  5, 2023; 2:20 PM Eastern

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From the Opinion & Order:

…the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment is granted, and the defendant’s motion for summary judgment is denied.

Here is the Complete First Page of the Opinion and Order:

and the Conclusion of the Opinion/Order:

Direct to Complete Document (47 pages; PDF)

Direct to Complete Case Docket

 

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