HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC. v. INTERNET ARCHIVE

Docket No. 23-1260 August Term, 2023.

115 F.4th 163 (2024)

HACHETTE BOOK GROUP, INC., Harpercollins Publishers L.L.C., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Penguin Random House LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INTERNET ARCHIVE, Defendant-Appellant, Does 1-5, Inclusive, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 4, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth A. McNamara, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY (Linda J. Steinman, John M. Browning, Jesse M. Feitel, Carl Mazurek, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, New York, NY; Scott A. Zebrak, Matthew J. Oppenheim, Danae Tinelli, Oppenheim + Zebrak, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Joseph C. Gratz, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA (Joseph R. Palmore, Diana L. Kim, Aditya V. Kamdar, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Washington, D.C.; Corynne M. McSherry, Electronic Frontier Foundation, San Francisco, CA, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant.

Jason M. Schultz, Sunoo Park (admission pending), Jake Karr, Technology Law and Policy Clinic, New York University School of Law, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Copyright Scholars Jonathan Askin, Patricia Aufderheide, Dr. Patrick Goold, Stacey M. Lantagne, Sari Mazzurco, Sunoo Park, Aaron Perzanowski, Blake E. Reid, Jason Schultz, Pamela Samuelson, and Jessica Silbey, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Christopher T. Bavitz, Cyberlaw Clinic, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, for Amici Curiae Kevin L. Smith and William M. Cross, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Jennifer M. Urban, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic, U.C. Berkeley School of Law, Berkeley, CA, for Amicus Curiae Center for Democracy & Technology, Library Freedom Project, and Public Knowledge, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Rachel Brooke Leswing, Authors Alliance, Inc., Berkeley, CA, for Amicus Curiae Authors Alliance, Inc., in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Max Rodriguez, Pollock Cohen LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae Former and Current Law Library Directors, Professors, and Academics, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Yuliya M. Ziskina, eBook Study Group, Biddeford, ME, for Amici Curiae eBook Study Group, Library Futures Project, The EveryLibrary Institute, ReadersFirst, The Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition, Association of Southeastern Research Libraries, Boston Library Consortium, Partnership for Academic Library Collaboration & Innovation, Urban Librarians Unite, and 218 Librarians, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Catherine R. Gellis, Sausalito, CA, for Amicus Curiae Floor64, Inc. D/B/A the Copia Institute, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Rebecca Tushnet, Cambridge, MA, for Amici Curiae Patricia Aufderheide, Mark Bartholomew, Michael A. Carrier, Zachary Catanzaro, Bryan H. Choi, Christine Haight Farley, Jim Gibson, Patrick Goold, James Grimmelmann, Laura A. Heymann, Michael Karanicolas, Edward Lee, Yvette Joy Liebesman, Glynn S. Lunney, Jr., Mark P. McKenna, Amanda Reid, and Rebecca Tushnet, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Jef Pearlman, USC Gould School of Law, IP & Technology Law Clinic, Los Angeles, CA, for Amici Curiae Wikimedia Foundation, Creative Commons, and Project Gutenberg Literary Archive Foundation, in support of Defendant-Appellant.

Matthew J. Keeley, Michael Best & Friedrich, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae International Publishers Association, Federation of European Publishers, International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, International Federation of Film Producers Associations, International Video Federation, IFPI, Association of Canadian Publishers, Brazilian Book Chamber, Sindicato Nacional dos Editores de Livros, and Syndicat national de l'édition, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Elaine J. Goldenberg, Sarah Weiner, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Recording Industry Association of America, National Music Publishers' Association, Motion Picture Association, Inc., and News/Media Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Joshua J. Simmons, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae 24 Former Government Officials, Former Judges, and IP Scholars, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Jacqueline C. Charlesworth, Charlesworth Law, Sherman Oaks, CA, for Amici Curiae Professors and Scholars of Copyright and Intellectual Property Law, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Nancy E. Wolff, Elizabeth Safran, Cowan, DeBaets, Abrahams & Sheppard LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae Copyright Alliance, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Roberta Clarida, Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP, New York, NY, for Amici Curiae the Authors Guild, Inc., American Photographic Artists, American Society for Collective Rights Licensing, American Society of Media Photographers, Inc. Association of American Literary Agents, Canadian Authors Association, Dramatists Guild of America, European Visual Artists, the European Writers' Council — Fédération des Associations Européennes d'Ecrivains, International Authors Forum, National Press Photographers Association, National Writers Union, North American Nature Photography Association, Romance Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, Society of Authors, and Writers' Union of Canada, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Brandon C. Butler, Jaszi Butler PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae American Library Association and Association of Research Libraries, in support of neither party.

Joseph Petersen, Sara K. Stadler, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP, New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae HathiTrust, in support of neither party.

Before: Menashi, Robinson, and Kahn, Circuit Judges.


Defendant-Appellant Internet Archive appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Koeltl, J.) denying its motion for summary judgment and granting Plaintiffs-Appellees' motion for summary judgment.

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