Library Futures Files Joint Amicus Brief in Sony v. Cox

As our joint brief notes, internet access is essential to participation in economic, cultural, and social activity.

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E-Books Project Gaining Traction

We’re proud to report e-book legislation is gaining traction, such as in Massachusetts and Tennessee.

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• Washington Post: Publishers are suing the Internet Archive over digital book lending
• The Nation: You Can't Buy These Books
• TechDirt: Enjoy Digital Ownership And Public Libraries While You Still Can
• InfoDocket: Library Futures Releases  Policy Statement and Draft eBook Legislative Language: Mitigating the  Library eBook Conundrum Through Legislative Action in the States
• Tech Dirt: Not Fit For Purpose: Libraries Explain How Copyright Failed Libraries During The Pandemic
• Knowledge Rights 21: A Position Statement from Knowledge Rights 21 on eBooks and eLending
• American Libraries: What Does My Library Need to Know About Ebook Laws?
• Sludge: Publishing Giants Are Fighting Libraries on E-Books
• U.S. Copyright Office: Copyright Office Issues Final Rule for Small Claims for Library and Archives Opt-Outs and Class Actions
• ZDNet: Librarian's lament: Digital books are not fireproof
• Library Journal: Holocaust Denial Materials and Fascist Content Removed from Library Ebook Platforms
• Readers First: Maryland Library Association Releases a Statement
• ALA Backs state Attorney General’s defense of Maryland law ensuring fair  e-book access for libraries
• Publishers Weekly: Maryland Defends Its Library E-Book Law, Seeks Dismissal of AAP Lawsuit
• Publishers Weekly: Illinois, Rhode Island Introduce New Library E-book Bills
• Bloomberg Law: Libraries, Publishers Battle Over Terms for E-books’ Use
• Boston Globe: Libraries Demand a new deal on ebooks
• Vice: Big Publishers are Putting the Internet Archive on Trial
• Library Punk: Open Library and Controlled Digital Lending [podcast]
• The Hill: If publishers have their way, libraries’ digital options will see major cuts

2021 News and Key Events

• Publishers Weekly: The Top Ten Library Stories of 2021
• Axios: Libraries enlist states in fight over ebook rules
• Walled Culture: Guest Post |  #ebooksos crisis: price gouging publishers
• The Verge: After COVID boom, ebook aggregators face licensing questions from Congress
• US Senate Committee on Finance: Wyden, Eshoo Press Big Five Publishers on  Costly, Overly Restrictive E-Book Contracts with Libraries
• Scholarly Kitchen: Guest Post—The Library Technology Industry’s Failure to Support Controlled Digital Lending
• Brewster Kahle: I Set Out to Build the Next Library of Alexandria: Now I Wonder: Will There Be Libraries in 25 Years?
• The New Yorker: The Surprisingly Big Business of Library Ebooks
• The Nation: Sell This Book!
• Newsroom: Controlled digital lending—is it ‘piracy’?
• Publishers Weekly: AAP Vows to Protect Copyright from All Challengers
• The Daily Beast: Publishers are Using Ebooks to Extort Schools and Libraries
• Washington Post: Amazon's Monopoly is Squeezing Your Library, Too
• Publishers Weekly: New Nonprofit to Advocate for Digital Content in Libraries

2020 News and Key Events

• How to Fix the Internet Podcast: You Bought it, But do you Own it?
• New Republic: Billion-Dollar Book Companies are Ripping off School Districts
• The Nation: Publishers are Taking the Internet to Court
• Kyle K. Courtney: Libraries Do Not Need Permission To Lend Books: Fair Use, First Sale, and the Fallacy of Licensing Culture
• Brewster Kahle: Libraries lend books, and must continue to lend books: Internet Archive responds to publishers’ lawsuit
• Public Knowledge: No One Should Have to Wait 8 Months for a Library Book

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