July 2020 Browsing the Archive | | In Defense of Digital Lending This week, the Internet Archive filed its response to the lawsuit brought against us by four of the nation's largest publishers. Our response is simple: copyright law does not stand in the way of libraries' rights to own books, to digitize their books, and to lend those books to patrons in a controlled way. Copyright scholars from UC Berkeley to Harvard are backing our legal defense of Controlled Digital Lending. What's really at stake? Read more to see the publishers demands and the Internet Archive's answer. | | Kahle to Publishers: Drop this Needless Lawsuit Speaking out publicly for the first time, Internet Archive's founder, Brewster Kahle, spoke to the press about being sued by publishers to stop the Internet Archive from lending 1.5 million digital books. The stakes are high for not only the Internet Archive, Kahle argues, but for everyone who relies on online knowledge and needs to learn from home during this pandemic. | | The Internet Before The Internet For thirty years, the Whole Earth Catalogue was a unique cultural touchstone for environmentalists, entrepreneurs, counterculturalists, inventors and idealists everywhere—including the early architects of the modern tech industry. Its publication history culminated in the creation of The Electronic Whole Earth Catalog, a version of the magazine produced on CD-ROM using an early form of hypertext. Now the whole thing is available on the Internet Archive, providing a unique look into the earliest days of the digital era. Take a look! | | Soothing the Soul The music starts and their eyes brighten. They lean into the camera. Heads nodding to the beat. Relief. Somehow our Monday morning Zoom meeting is transformed for ten minutes by a little Essential Music: Concerts from Home. At the Internet Archive we have been inviting artists to begin and end our work week with a virtual poem, dance or song. The results? Magic. | |  | "Religion and Race Just Don't Count in This Place"
The Internet Archive is full of old commercials, ads, and other pieces of ephemeral film—which still remain relevant even decades after their creation. This anti-prejudice PSA was created in 1952, three years before the Montgomery Bus Boycott began and twelve years before the Civil Rights Act was passed. Despite the low-budget animation, black-and-white format, and old-fashioned jingle, the PSA's message is every bit as relevant today as it was back then: treat others with respect, no matter what their religion, ethnicity, or race. Watch it here! |  | An Open Access Tribute
July 11th marked the seventh anniversary of the death of Aaron Swartz—a visionary programmer, entrepreneur, and hacktivist who boldly advocated for an open world. The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz is an award-winning documentary about his life and work, which first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. In accordance with Swartz's ideals, the producer-director of the documentary ensured that it was released under a Creative Commons license and uploaded to the Internet Archive, so that anyone, anywhere, could enjoy the film for free. | | Interested in learning more about Controlled Digital Lending (CDL)? We've launched a special weekly newsletter that spotlights news coverage and new developments surrounding the legal principles that underlie our lending programs. If you want to stay up-to-date on news from the world of libraries—or even just learn more about CDL—then sign up here!
 | | | Archive Insider Tips Did you know that many books in the Open Library have an easily-accessible table of contents? You can access it by scrolling towards the bottom of the book catalog page, or by hovering over the progress bar in the Book Reader. If you're on mobile, you can find a "Table of Contents" section under the menu in the top left corner. One click is all it takes to visit any chapter in the book—try it out yourself on this edition of The Scarlet Letter! | | | (Bonus tip: If you'd like to add more tables of contents for books that don't already have them, simply use the "Edit" button on any book catalog page. Thanks for helping out!) | | | A note from our partners at Better World Books: | | 
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