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.
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.
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