Fwd: Fate of IA

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From: K S Kannan <Unknown>
Date: Wednesday 26 June, 2024 at 12:35:13 pm UTC+5:30
Subject: Fate of IA
To: bvparishat <Unknown>

News : Internet Archives  forced to remove 500k books!

What is the fate of IA ?

The courts seem to be taking a negative stand on it.

Is IA's defense in the court inadequate,

or some element/degree of illegality undermining its project ?

See these also:

https://publishingperspectives.com/2023/03/copyright-us-court-rules-against-internet-archive/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40754229

https://time.com/6266147/internet-archive-copyright-infringement-books-lawsuit/

A recent item - dt Jun 26 = today :

https://blog.archive.org/tag/lawsuit/

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Dr. K.S.Kannan  D.Litt.

Sant Rajinder Singh Ji Maharaj Chair Professor (Retd.), IIT-Madras.

Member, Advisory Board, "Prof. A K Singh AURO Chair of Indic Studies", AURO University, Surat.
Member, Expert Committee for Review of Criticism of Indian Knowledge Traditions, Central Sanskrit University (under MoE, GoI), Ganganath Jha Campus, Prayagraj.
Adjunct Faculty, Dept of Heritage Science and Technology, IIT Hyderabad.

Nominated Member, Academic Committee, Kavi Kula Guru Kalidasa University, Ramtek.
Member, Academic Council, Veda Vijnana Shodha Samsthana.
Academic Director, Swadeshi Indology.
Nominated Member, IIAS, Shimla.

Former Professor, CAHC, Jain University, Bangalore.

Former Director, Karnataka Samskrit University, Bangalore.

Former Head, Dept. of Sanskrit, The National Colleges, Bangalore.

https://sites.google.com/view/kskannan