Stand with Internet Archive as we fight for the digital rights of all libraries - Internet Archive Blogs

The EFF is defending the Internet Archive in a lawsuit against their Controlled Digital Lending program. This program allows the Internet Archive to operate as a library. You can also see the statement from Brewster Kahle the founder of the Internet Archive, as well as statement from Larry Lessig the founder of Creative Commons.

The particular fight in this lawsuit is important; the general fight is critical: Is the past that we have access to just the past that continues to pay? Or is the past we can have reliable access to the past that libraries strive to make available — not for profit, but for the love of culture and for the truth that that access to all of culture continues to assure.

The intersection of free culture and digital rights is particularly difficult, and I’m very happy to see organizations like the EFF and Internet Archive defending these rights. Donate to the Internet Archive and Donate to the EFF.