On September 4, 2024, after 4 years of litigation, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled against the Internet Archive in Hachette v. Internet Archive. In this case, the court held that fair use did not protect the Internet Archive's program to lend digital scans of print books to the public. Read broadly, this opinion could call into question other types of lending that libraries do, and may also have negative implications for fair use cases, going forward. 

In this workshop, we will review what happend in the case against the Interent Archive and try to figure out what it may mean for academic libraries. We will also dicuss any questions or concerns you may have about this holding and its implications on digital lending by libraries.