Ariadne<p>" <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libraries</span></a> urge court to reconsider judgment against Internet Archive <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/IA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IA</span></a> - Amid a wave of threats against libraries, the American Library Association <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> and others fear the suit challenges freedom of information <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FoI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoI</span></a>. </p><p>Last March, the Internet Archive was forced to curtail its lending of e-books following a judgment against the digital library in a lawsuit coordinated by the Association of American Publishers ( <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/AAP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AAP</span></a> ) ... But, in December, more than 100,000 of those libraries, as represented by the American Library Association (ALA) and Association of Research Libraries ( <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ARL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARL</span></a> ), expressed support for the Internet Archive’s appeal against the case. </p><p>“This is a fight to keep library books available for those seeking truth in the digital age,” says Brewster Kahle, founder of the Internet Archive. And other libraries appear to agree.</p><p>A court brief filed by the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ALA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ALA</span></a> and <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ARL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ARL</span></a> urges the Second Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider the lower court’s judgment in light of the impact that it will have, not just on the Internet Archive, but libraries across the <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>. The appeal comes amid a wave of threats that libraries nationwide are trying to stem."</p><p><a href="https://www.shareable.net/libraries-urge-court-to-reconsider-judgment-against-internet-archive/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">shareable.net/libraries-urge-c</span><span class="invisible">ourt-to-reconsider-judgment-against-internet-archive/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Freedom</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/DigitalLending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalLending</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/FreedomOfInformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreedomOfInformation</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Hachette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hachette</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/PenguinRandomHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PenguinRandomHouse</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/HarperCollins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarperCollins</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Wiley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wiley</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/InternetArchive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetArchive</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.archive.org/@internetarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>internetarchive</span></a></span></p>