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Authors Guild Celebrates Resounding Win in Internet Archive Infringement Lawsuit

The court’s ruling vindicates six years of advocacy by the Authors Guild against Open Library’s illegal scanning and distribution of books, finding the Internet Archive’s “fair use” defense to be entirely without merit.

March 26, 2023

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Oral Arguments in Open Library Suit Show Legal Defects of Internet Archive’s Defense

March 21, 2023

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AG Recommends Clause in Publishing and Distribution Agreements Prohibiting AI Training Uses

March 1, 2023

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AG Statement on Tentative Agreement Between HarperCollins and Union

February 10, 2023

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