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2023
The Nation:
A Book Is a Book Is a Book—Except When It’s an e-Book
Popula:
Are Libraries the Future of Media?
Information Today:
The eBook Study Group: A New Way to Fight for Libraries
New York Times:
The World's Digital Memory Bank is at Risk
The Intercept:
LexisNexis Is Selling Your Personal Data to ICE So It Can Try to Predict Crimes
Government Technology:
Behind E-Books, Libraries Find Restrictions and High Costs
Library Journal Infodocket:
Library Futures Annual Report
Medical Library Association:
The Great Debate on Controlled Digital Lending
KnowledgeRights21:
Library associations across Europe call for joint action on ebooks
Publishers Weekly:
This Week in Libraries with coverage of Michelle Wu's oped
The Nation:
When You Buy a Book, You Can Loan It to Anyone. This Judge Says Libraries Can’t. Why Not?
CILIP:
Front line of library advocacy is close to home
Library Journal:
With New Model Language, Library E-book Bills Are Back
2022
Washington Post:
Publishers are suing the Internet Archive over digital book lending
The Nation:
You Can't Buy These Books
Vice:
Big Publishers are Putting the Internet Archive on Trial
Library Punk:
Open Library and Controlled Digital Lending
[podcast]
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
The Hill:
If publishers have their way, libraries’ digital options will see major cuts
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
2021
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
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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