Recorded at Copyright & Technology Conference 2023
Panel featuring Bhamati Viswanathan, Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, and Maria Bustillos
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In March in a New York City courtroom, Judge John Koeltl awarded summary judgment to a group of book publishers in their copyright infringement litigation against the Internet Archive over certain forms of digital book lending.
Judge Koeltl ruled that the Internet Archive, which calls itself an online library, does not have the right to scan books and then lend them out like a library on the Web.
At the recent Copyright & Technology Conference, presented by the Copyright Society and Giant Steps Media, CCC’s Chris Kenneally moderated a panel discussion on the Internet Archive case, looking especially at fair use as a defense of infringement. Guest speakers included:
- Bhamati Viswanathan, a faculty fellow at New England Law, Boston, where she teaches copyright, trademark, current issues in intellectual property law, and constitutional law.
- Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, professor/coordinator for research and teaching professional development in the University Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
- Maria Bustillos, a journalist, editor, and information activist whose writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The New Yorker, The Guardian, and elsewhere.
