My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Internet Archive
&gt; With this suit, the publishers are saying that in the digital world, we cannot buy books anymore, we can only license and on their terms; we can only preserve in ways for which they have granted explicit permission, and for only as long as they grant permission; and we cannot lend what we have paid for because we do not own it.  This is not a rule of law, this is the rule by license. This does not make sense.<p>If that&#x27;s the main argument of IA, they&#x27;ll have a tough time in court. It&#x27;s reasonably well established that when it comes to intellectual property, you <i>can</i> refuse to sell it, and only grant a limited license. With some small carve outs like the First Sale doctrine.<p>They&#x27;ll need a judge who is willing to legislate from the bench.