Opposing the Open Library: an analysis of digital piracy and fair use, with Mary Rasenberger of the Authors Guild

Topics Covered

• The Internet Archive and why its position is wrong
• The Open Library
• What is fair use?
• Update on the Case Act

Links

From the Authors Guild

Appeal to readers and librarians from the victims of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL).
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/cdl-appeal-to-readers-and-librarians/

“Controlled Digital Lending Is Neither Controlled nor Legal”
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/controlled-digital-lending-is-neither-controlled-nor-legal/

“Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library Harms Authors”
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/internet-archives-uncontrolled-digital-lending/

Open letter demanding “National Emergency Library” be shut down
https://www.authorsguild.org/industry-advocacy/ag-sends-open-letter-demanding-national-emergency-library-shutdown/

For Reference

Fact sheet from ControlledDigitalLending.org
https://controlleddigitallending.org/faq

Internet Archive Blog on the closing of National Emergency Library
https://blog.archive.org/2020/06/10/temporary-national-emergency-library-to-close-2-weeks-early-returning-to-traditional-controlled-digital-lending/

Participants

Mary Rasenberger is the Executive Director of the Authors Guild and Authors Guild Foundation. Prior to joining the Guild in November 2014, Mary practiced law for over 25 years in roles that spanned private practice, the government and corporate sector, as a recognized expert in copyright and media law. She is a frequent speaker, lecturer and writer on copyright law and authors’ rights.

Peter Goodman (host) is publisher of Stone Bridge Press in Berkeley, California. He began his publishing career in Tokyo, Japan, in 1976. A longtime member of IBPA, he has served on the IBPA board and as IBPA board chair.

For more information, go to IBPA at https://www.ibpa-online.org/.