Judge John Koeltl held a lengthy hearing Monday afternoon on motions for summary judgment from both sides in the copyright infringement lawsuit brought by four major publishers against the Internet Archive for “willful mass copyright infringement.” With extensive papers already filed with the court since the case was filed in June 2020, it seemed likely that the hearing held by telephone will be all the judge requires in order to reach a final ruling on the case. The plaintiffs’ case is pretty straight-forward and aligns with how the copyright laws are written and have been interpreted across many cases, in […]
