Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library is “Vile” Says Copyright Alliance

Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library is “Vile” Says Copyright Alliance says actions of IA's operator as "particularly vile" Internet Archive responded to coronavirus outbreak by offering unlimited borrowing of 1.4 million books. Authors Guild says the move is contrary to federal law and affects in-copyright books that authors rely upon for “critical revenue” National Writers Union says it infringes on authors’ rights by giving away their books to the world without consent of the publisher or author.