Augusta Baker: Twentieth Century Librarian, Author, and Champion of Inclusive Literature
Given that litigation in the United States can take years from start to finish, we rarely see a conclusion to the cases we follow. In a prior blog post, we looked at the potential recusal requirements of the U.S. Supreme...more
The Second Circuit recently affirmed a ruling that Internet Archive, a nonprofit digital library, violated the Copyright Act with its “Controlled Digital Lending” program. In 2020, four leading book publishers sued Internet...more
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals delivered a resounding victory to the publishing industry on Wednesday, September 4, 2024, in Hachette Books v. Internet Archive, holding that the Internet Archive's "controlled digital...more
On October 16, 2015, the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s ruling in Authors Guild, Inc. v. Google Inc., 954 F. Supp. 2d 282 (S.D.N.Y. 2013), previously reported here, that Google’s digitization of complete...more