By Chris Williams, March 28, 2023 at 1:18 PM

Reading is fundamental. And so is copyright. No, really — check Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution.

As is usually the case, things get interesting when fundamental goods bash heads in the courtroom. This time, you’ll likely see a familiar name in the complaint if you’ve enrolled in college and been a little short on cash any time within the last 20 years or so.

A federal judge in Manhattan, New York City, has granted summary judgment to four publishers that sued the nonprofit Internet Archive for scanning copyrighted books and lending them out in digital form.

U.S. District Judge John G. Koeltl of the Southern District of New York ruled March 24 that the archive’s program constituted copyright infringement, and its digital lending “remains squarely beyond fair use.”

Source: Book Bans Aren’t The Only Legal Hurdle To Book Access These Days – Above the Law