Comments on: The Internet Archive’s OpenLibrary project violates copyright, the Authors Guild warns

By: Annie

Annie — Sun, 12 Apr 2020 02:26:31 +0000

Totally support openlibrary.org given that no multiple checkout of the same book at one time

By: Jonathan Bagley

Jonathan Bagley — Fri, 21 Feb 2020 17:11:21 +0000

I ended up here because I found a book on archive.org, published in 1967, which I wanted to recommend to my students. It seems not to be legal, and I’d be advocating stealing from the independent second hand booksellers on Amazon; so I won’t be going ahead with it. For books still in print, it is serious theft from the author and I certainly would avoid it.

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By: westvirginiarebel

westvirginiarebel — Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:42:26 +0000

They seem a bit behind the curve here. The Internet Arvhive has been doing this for more than a decade now, and, like the SFWA, they only now seem to have noticed.

At any rate, it doesn’t seem to be illegal if they’re not making any money from it. They don’t sell anything. They get their support from donations. And they do acknowledge copyright.

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By: Online-Ausleihe der Open Library des Internet Archive in der Kritik – Bibliothekarisch.de

Wed, 06 Feb 2019 13:00:09 +0000

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By: H. Mack

H. Mack — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 16:38:47 +0000

In reply to Richard Rensberry, author at QuickTurtle Books®.

Mr. Rensberry, your comment seems a bit reactionary and ignorant of some important facts.

“The Open Library Project seems to be nothing more than a small group of thieves getting rich off the hard work of authors.”

The Open Library Project is, as far as I know, a non-profit group. They aren’t selling ebooks (like what Google tried to do a few years back).

“I bet the staff drive around in BMW’s and live in swank San Francisco digs.”

This is silly and doesn’t really further the discussion.

“They are robbing the bank and I find it reprehensible that they have not yet been sued out of existence.”

Oh, yes, it would be a shame if a public institution were to loan out books for free to help expand public knowledge… Oh, wait, all libraries do that.

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By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 09 Jun 2018 16:53:34 +0000

In reply to Barry E Marks.

Chris wrote: “There are plenty of libraries that offer a great selection of books … Why do we need another one that doesn’t, and that breaks the copyright laws besides?”

Answer: I live abroad on limited means and don’t have access to an English-language library. Discovering Archive.org has been a godsend for me. Instead of working to shut the site down, we should work to make the site better – by figuring out how to compensate authors and revise the legal framework to fit into the digital era.

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By: Richard Rensberry, author at QuickTurtle Books®

Richard Rensberry, author at QuickTurtle Books® — Sun, 22 Apr 2018 01:51:58 +0000

The Open Library Project seems to be nothing more than a small group of thieves getting rich off the hard work of authors. I bet the staff drive around in BMW’s and live in swank San Francisco digs. They are robbing the bank and I find it reprehensible that they have not yet been sued out of existence. As authors, we actually are owners of our work, not the library, the government nor certainly not trespassers like those at work on the Open Library Project.

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By: Retro Reads

Retro Reads — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 20:21:44 +0000

I am an active user of the Open Library and solely use it for books that are out of print. I never borrow books that I can either borrow digitally from my local library or purchase new.
Yes, the books I borrow are still in copyright, but the majority of books I borrow are fiction books from the 1970s and 1980s which will most likely never be republiahed due to their subject and lack of broad appeal.

I used to buy a lot of these books from online used bookstores and it cost me a small fortune on shipping costs as I am in Australia. The Open Library has saved me a lot of money. Even when I was buying these titles, the authors saw none of that money as the books were out of print. I don’t really see the difference between doing this and borrowing out of print from the Open Library. I completely understand the situation is different when the book is still in print.

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By: La bibliothèque numérique Open Library inquiète des associations d’auteurs - Haiti24

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 19:08:57 +0000

[…] droit. Mary Rasenberger, directrice du syndicat des auteurs américains (Authors Guild), a expliqué au site spécialisé sur les livres électroniques Teleread qu’elle considérait ce raisonnement comme « absurde ». Selon […]

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By: La bibliothèque numérique Open Library inquiète des associations d’auteurs – KelNews

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:35:38 +0000

[…] les ayants droit. Mary Rasenberger, directrice du syndicat des auteurs américains (Authors Guild), a expliqué au site spécialisé sur les livres électroniques Teleread qu’elle considérait ce raisonnement comme « absurde ». Selon Chris Meadows, journaliste pour […]

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By: Alert: Copyright Infringement By the Internet Archive (and What You Can Do About It) - Next Step News

Fri, 12 Jan 2018 03:48:03 +0000

[…] taking understand come with the United Kingdom’s Society of Authors, which has posted an alert on its website, and the USA’s Authors Guild and Nationwide Writers Union, that have alerted their […]

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By: ALERT: Copyright Infringement by “Internet Archive.” | Just Can't Help Writing

Thu, 11 Jan 2018 20:09:41 +0000

[…] writers’ groups taking notice include the UK’s Society of Authors, which has posted an alert on its website, and the USA’s Authors Guild and National Writers Union, which have alerted their […]

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By: Digitize-and-Loan Initiatives and the Internet Archive’s Open Library | A Way of Happening

Tue, 02 Jan 2018 00:00:03 +0000

[…] publisher groups who see Open Library as as clear copyright infringement, but, interestingly, as Chris Meadows writes in Teleread, these groups seem to be doing very little about […]

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By: The Internet Archive’s OpenLibrary project violates copyright, the Authors Guild warns | The Passive Voice | A Lawyer's Thoughts on Authors, Self-Publishing and Traditional Publishing

Thu, 28 Dec 2017 20:03:13 +0000

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