It was talked about like a really big deal, and that it dealt a blow towards the Controlled Digital Lending-scheme. IA also had to remove 500k books. But how is Internet Archive able to keep continuing lending out many books as they were before? What were the real consequences of Hachette v. Internet Archive?

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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 3 points 1 week ago

Hundreds of millions of dollars in punitive damages, resulting in bankruptcy. The IA shuts down immediately, their assets are auctioned, and soon fragments of their server racks appear in trophy cases in the lobbies of intellectual-property enforcement organisations.