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The legal challenge arrived after Internet Archive offered a "National Emergency Library," a temporary collection meant to expand access to books, during the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown.

"It feels like we’re being run over." The founder of the Internet Archive has a vision for a more open digital landscape.

Now, as for the actual book he was reading, the internet moved fast with its detective work, operating on nothing but hope and some screenshots. And as you'd expect, the eagle-eyed sleuths came up ...