The Internet Archive will file an appeal against an unfair decision that ignores the value of the libraries’ work Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive is a case in which the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York found that the Internet Archive, by scanning and distributing copies of books online in the frame of the Open Library committed copyright infringement. The matter concerns the fair use of controlled […]
Webinar KR21: Are flexible copyright exceptions the next step for Europe? We tend to associate the civil law systems that dominate in Europe with narrowly defined exceptions, only allowing users to undertake a specific, predefined task. But in fact, traditionally, civil law systems have been characterised as codifying broad and flexible principles into law, giving courts much leeway in their interpretation. It is only over the […]
