Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules

Internet Archive Violated Copyrights With Digital Book Lending, US Judge Rules

A U.S. judge on Friday ruled that an online library operated by the nonprofit organization Internet Archive had infringed the copyrights of four major U.S. publishers by lending out digitally scanned copies of the books. The ruling by U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan came in a closely-watched lawsuit…