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Internet Archive’s e-book lending is not fair use, appeals court rules
(arstechnica.com)
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This is unfortunate, especially the loss of access to half a million texts (and likely more). IA really helped me during plenty of undergrad classes when I needed access to the course text.
Would the "transformative" aspect be valid if IA added a public commentary/note-taking sidebar to their lended books?