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Oral Argument for Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive – CourtListener.com
This oral argument before the 2nd Circuit about the legality of Internet Archive’s controlled digital lending program is a great listen, regardless of what side you support.
Find all the litigation filings here.
Edit: for my convenience as well as yours, I’ve embedded the audio below. Let me know if you have trouble playing it.
🎧 “The One” by Taking Back Sunday (2023) ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
It’s good. I’m happy it’s good.
It came from something sad:
“This song came from a riff that bassist Shaun Cooper wrote the day he lost his grandmother while she was in a nursing home at the start of the COVID pandemic.”
But it’s something more than sad. This line especially gets me:
Still, the words that I can’t say go on and on and on and on
It’s okay if you don’t like it, but I am not accepting any yucking of my yums at this time, thank you for understanding.
🎧 "It’s a Pleasure to Meet You" by Motion City Soundtrack
You are not alone We’ve all had our battles with darkness and shadows I’m here to let you know It’s a pleasure to meet you Today is all we have So try for a moment to break from the torment And sing this to yourself It’s a pleasure to meet you