The Internet Archive has lost its first fight to scan and lend e-books like a library

Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge A federal judge has ruled against the Internet Archive in Hatchette v. Internet Archive a lawsuit brought against it by four book publishers, deciding that the website does not have the right to scan books and lend them out like a library. Judge John G. Koeltl decided that the Internet Archive had done nothing more than create “derivative works,” and so would have needed authorization from the books’ copyright holders — the publishers — before lending them out through its National Emergency Library program. The two sides went to court on Monday. We’ve asked the Internet Archive if it plans to appeal. Developing... Continue reading…