Opinion

World's largest open library calls for volunteers to scan and preserve physical books as AI companies buy, scan, and destroy them — Anna's Archive says ‘time is running out ...

A volunteer for Anna's Archive is calling for volunteers to scan and upload books to the shadow library to help preserve human knowledge for the public. The move comes as more AI companies buy, scan, ...
Publishers Weekly

Open Library Launches New “Digitize and Lend” E-Book Lending Program

Open Library, a group of more than 150 libraries led by the Internet Archive, has announced its latest plan to lend browser-based digital editions of e-books, beginning with a new, cooperative ...
torrentfreak

Belgium Targets Internet Archive’s ‘Open Library’ in Sweeping Site Blocking Order (Update)

The Business Court in Brussels, Belgium, has issued a broad site-blocking order that aims to restrict access to shadow libraries including Anna's Archive, Libgen, OceanofPDF, Z-Library, and the ...
The Hill

Authors slam publishers’ lawsuit against ‘Open Library,’ push for new e-book policies

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this report included an author among those who signed onto the letter who pulled their name before the list was publicly released. Hundreds of authors signed a letter ...
heise online

Belgian court orders blocking of the Internet Archive's Open Library

The Commercial Court in Brussels has issued a comprehensive blocking order to make access to so-called shadow libraries such as Anna's Archive, Libgen, Z-Library and OceanofPDF more difficult. The aim ...