Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win

sabreW4K3@lazysoci.al to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.com – 378 points –
Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win
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Modern day book burning. Done by the writers this time.

Don't blame the writers, some of whom are long dead, and some titles are long out of print.

Writers give publishers legitimacy. Publishers will regularly pull the writers out to trot out some "copyright is important" line.