Hachette v. Internet Archive
2023 American court case / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive, No. 20-cv-4160 (JGK), 2023 WL 2623787 (S.D.N.Y. 2023), is a case in which the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York determined that the Internet Archive committed copyright infringement by scanning and distributing copies of books online. Stemming from the creation of the National Emergency Library (NEL) during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, publishing companies Hachette Book Group, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Wiley alleged that the Internet Archive's Open Library and National Emergency Library facilitated copyright infringement. The case involves the fair use of controlled digital lending (CDL) systems.[1]
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Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive | |
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Court | United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
Full case name | Hachette Book Group Inc., et al. v. Internet Archive, et al. |
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Judge(s) sitting | John G. Koeltl |
On March 25, 2023, the court ruled against the Internet Archive.[2] In August 2023, the parties reached a negotiated judgment, including a permanent injunction preventing the Internet Archive from distributing some of the plaintiffs' books.[3] In September 2023, the Internet Archive appealed the decision.[4]