Internet Archive's e-book lending program ruled to violate publisher copyrights.

A federal judge ruled against Internet Archive in a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by four major publishers over its National Emergency Library, which lent out unlimited digital copies of books during the COVID-19 pandemic. The judge decided that Internet Archive produced "derivative" works that required permission from the copyright holders. Internet Archive plans to appeal the decision, stating that it will continue its work as a library and that the case does not challenge many of the services it provides with digitized books.