The Internet Archive’s online lending library, called the Open Library, recently suffered a big defeat in court.

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost? The Internet Archive was founded in 1996 as a non-profit digital library, aiming to provide “universal access to all knowledge”. It ...

Four major book publishers have filed suit against the Internet Archive for copyright violations relating to the Open Library project, setting the stage for a major legal fight over one of the ...

According to the plaintiff's allegations, the Internet Archive is collecting new members and soliciting donations by publishing Open Library and National Emergency Library.

The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in a lawsuit brought by four book publishers.

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

While authors Slate spoke with have supported the Internet Archive, the Authors Guild released a statement in favor of the publishers in July; in a recent email, it referred to the Open Library as ...

What the Internet Archive is doing right now--allowing unlimited downloads of books under copyright, for which they have not paid, and have no legal right--is not serving as a library. It's piracy.

Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said that while the nonprofit organization has always functioned as a library, this new designation makes it easier to work with the other federal depository ...

The National Emergency Library is one of those well-intentioned ideas that was destined to get pushback. The brainchild of Internet Archive, the platform made north of 1.3 million books available ...