Publishers are suing the Internet Archive over 1.3M ‘free’ ebooks

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https://thenextweb.com/insights/2020/06/02/internet-archive-free-books-lawsuit/

A group of publishers is suing the Internet Archive over its trove of free ebooks.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House, claims the Internet Archive is practically committing theft by putting over 1.3 million titles up for free for anyone to download, The New York Times reports.

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