Internet Archive Pirates | 2005 [2021]

The label of "piracy" has been a recurring theme in the Archive's legal history. While the 2005 case focused on web pages, it laid the groundwork for future battles over books and music:

: In later years, major book publishers like Hachette and HarperCollins described the Archive's Open Library as "willful digital piracy on an industrial scale". internet archive pirates 2005

: Publishers and the Authors Guild argue that scanning and distributing entire books creates an "illegal market substitute" that directly harms authors' incomes. Modern Consequences of the 2005 Legal Precedents The label of "piracy" has been a recurring