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SoA joins call to shut unlawful ‘National Emergency Library’ now

ByMartin Reed 27 April 202011 July 2022

The Society of Authors has joined the Authors Guild – the SoA’s sister union in the US – in calling for Internet Archive’s so-called ‘National Emergency Library’ to be taken offline.

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SoA deems so-called National Emergency Library ‘disgraceful and unlawful’
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SoA deems so-called National Emergency Library ‘disgraceful and unlawful’

ByMartin Reed 31 March 202018 September 2023

The Society of Authors has joined a chorus of criticism from authors’ and publishers’ groups in branding the Internet Archive’s (IA) move to make its collection freely available online ‘disgraceful and unlawful’.

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