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Ashton Applewhite is one of more than 1,000 authors who spoke out in opposition to the publishers’ lawsuit. Ashton spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/ashton-applewhite-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement My name is Ashton Applewhite, and I’m recording this in New York City on March 16, 2023. For over 40 years … Read more

John Chrastka is the executive director of EveryLibrary. John spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/john-chrastka-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement My organization, the EveryLibrary Institute, is a public policy and tax policy research organization focusing on issues affecting the future of libraries in the United States and abroad. Alongside our … Read more

Catherine Stihler is the chief executive officer of Creative Commons. Catherine spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/catherine-stihler-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement My name is Catherine Stihler, and I’m the CEO of Creative Commons. As a nonprofit dedicated to supporting the sharing and reuse of creativity and knowledge, we … Read more

The following guest post from Dee Bowers (they/them), Archives Manager at the Brooklyn Public Library Center for Brooklyn History, is part of a series written by members of the Internet Archive’s Community Webs program. Community Webs advances the capacity of community-focused memory organizations to build web and digital archives documenting local histories and underrepresented voices. Some say as … Read more

The following guest post from film archivist Mark O’Brien is part of our Vanishing Culture series, highlighting the power and importance of preservation in our digital age. Eastman stock filmstrip, with its chemical binder in the process of breaking down. In 1999, I was working in information technology at a school district in rural upstate New York, … Read more

Heather Joseph is the executive director of SPARC. She spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/heather-joseph-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement Access to knowledge is a fundamental human right.  We depend on being able to freely share knowledge each and every day. It’s foundational to how we navigate the world … Read more

On Sept 4, 2024, the US Court of Appeals in New York affirmed the lower court ruling in the lawsuit filed against us by Hachette Book Group, HarperCollins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House. While the Internet Archive is disappointed by this opinion—it was never the Internet Archive’s intention to get into … Read more

Lawrence Lessig is a professor of law at Harvard Law. Lawrence spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/lawrence-lessig-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement Also available at Lessig for the Internet Archive on Medium. We should all recognize — and celebrate—the importance of commercial publishing, for authors and creators everywhere. Commercial publishing creates … Read more

Lila Bailey is the senior policy counsel at Internet Archive. Lila spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/lila-bailey-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement I’m Lila Bailey, Senior Policy Counsel for the Internet Archive. Today, the court will hear arguments about whether Copyright Law affirms the rights of libraries to lend … Read more

Brewster Kahle is the founder and digital librarian of the Internet Archive. Brewster spoke at the press conference hosted by Internet Archive ahead of oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive.https://archive.org/embed/brewster-kahle-internet-archive-press-conference-march-20-2023 Statement The Internet is failing us. The Internet Archive has tried, along with hundreds of other libraries, to do something about it.  A ruling in this … Read more