# Internet Archive Kills Its Free Digital Library Over Copyright Concerns

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**Created:** [June 12, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns/91667 "2020-06-12T20:34:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aina](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/aina/32/167469_2.png) [@Aina](https://onehack.st/u/Aina)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns/91667/1 "2020-06-12T20:34:04Z")

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The Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library is finished. The non-profit repository for digital preservation, which began offering millions of e-books for free to address the closure of libraries during the pandemic, [buckled under a joint lawsuit filed by major publishers](https://www.inputmag.com/culture/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns) including Penguin Random House and HarperCollins. From a report:

_Publishers said lending out books without compensation was “[mass copyright infringement](https://news.slashdot.org/story/20/06/01/1649243/publishers-file-suit-against-internet-archive-for-systematic-mass-scanning-and-distribution-of-literary-works).” The digital library will close next week. The archive of books was initially invite-only and only allowed a given file to be downloaded a limited number of times at once, with each rental limited to 14 days. But then the pandemic hit and libraries closed, so the Internet Archive responded by making all the books accessible to everyone, with no limits._

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**Author:** ![darekingdom](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/darekingdom/32/36081_2.png) [@darekingdom](https://onehack.st/u/darekingdom)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 3:22am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns/91667/2 "2020-06-13T03:22:27Z")

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This is not good !

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**Author:** ![Hyperdemongod](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/hyperdemongod/32/26170_2.png) [@Hyperdemongod](https://onehack.st/u/Hyperdemongod)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 4:14am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns/91667/3 "2020-06-13T04:14:44Z")

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Very Disappointing News!!  
😭 😭

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**Author:** ![quick-learner](https://onehack.st/user_avatar/onehack.st/quick-learner/32/43997_2.png) [@quick-learner](https://onehack.st/u/quick-learner)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 5:30am UTC](https://onehack.st/t/internet-archive-kills-its-free-digital-library-over-copyright-concerns/91667/4 "2020-06-13T05:30:20Z")

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SAD. do not worry something else will come up for sure.