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The Internet Archive has lost a legal battle which could see the whole web get a lot less freaky.
The Second Circuit US Court of Appeals upheld a previous ruling in favor of Hachette Book Group.
Hachette sued the Internet Archive over a project which scanned library books and lent infinite copies.
Hachette and other publishers argued this was tantamount to piracy, asWiredphrases it.
Hachette sued the Internet Archive over their National Emergency Library (NEL).
The project began in 2020, as libraries were closed due to the pandemic.
A judge ruled in favor of the publishers in March 2023, prompting the Internet Archives appeal.
Today they lost their appeal.
