Capitalism rules with a phantom fist.
The Internet archive was ordered after losing a legal disagreement over the digital lending library; 500,000 titles were removed, many of which were purchased specifically as library books and whose hard copy remains in the physical archive. I fucking hate media lawyers. They would bring suite against a sandwich if they could for likeness rights . https://lithub.com/the-internet-archive-lost-their-latest-appeal-heres-what-that-means-for-you/