Internet Archive is at risk of being blocked by ISPs

Piracy problems (!) and the Archive…  Μια ομάδα για την καταπολέμηση της πειρατείας, που εκπροσωπεί δικαιώματα δημιουργών, καλεί τους ISP να αποκλείσουν την γνωστή μας υπηρεσία Internet Archive στη Ρωσία.

Two lawsuits were filed concerning two audio books. The lawsuits seek to block the popular Archive.org site permanently in Russia.

Internet Archive

The Internet Archive (Internet Archive at domain archive.org) is one non-profit library containing millions of free books, movies, software and music.

Founded in 1996, it is considered one of the most important services on the entire Internet, just for , which provides a history of almost all pages that have been published on the web.

Like all platforms of this type, the Internet Archive contains copyrighted files, some of which are presented without the necessary permission from the copyright holders.

The platform has stated at times that it has some reservations about the DMCA, but recognizes that any 'safe harbor' provisions are vital to the existence of libraries like the one at Archive.org.

The Internet Archive is obliged to respond to of DMCA filings, but in Russia, where the site serves millions of visitors, things don't seem to be going well.

The problems were started by the Internet Copyright Protection Association (AZAPI or Internet Copyright Protection Association), an anti-piracy group that partially represents copyright.

According to AZAPI, Archive.org is hosting two audiobooks – Metro 2033 by Dmitry Glukhovsky and Third Eye Diamond by Daria Dontsova – without the necessary permission from the rights holders. It is not known whether AZAPI filed simple takedown notices, but the he was eventually taken to court.

The Roskomsvoboda Digital Rights Group he says that on 13 May 2019 the Moscow Court initially examined the Metro 2033 case and ruled in favor of AZAPI.

Shortly afterwards, it issued an order preventing the Internet Archive (Archive.org) from distributing the book.
According to Roskomsvoboda, whose lawyers now represent the Internet Archive, the digital library did not attend the initial hearing and was not informed of the outcome. An appeal was therefore lodged against the decision.

On August 16, AZAPI struck again, urging all Internet service providers in Russia to block the Internet Archive (Archive.org). However, the case did not proceed because AZAPI could not prove that the company behind the audiobook has the copyright.

So another hearing is pending in mid-September.

Of course, no one knows whether the Moscow court will decide to permanently block the Internet Archive in Russia. For the record, the same court has blocked other major platforms such as Sci-Hub.

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