Dear Harry, You may find the video on this page answers how to contribute or sponsor an in-copyright book for loan: https://help.archive.org/help/borrowing-from-the-lending-library/
My. Understanding is that archive.org <http://archive.org/> must obtain a copy of the book by purchasing it or through donation. It can then offer its digital copy for loan. Restrictions under copyright law prevent them from accepting a scanned copy that you or I might make. They ran into some legal trouble when they relaxed the borrowing rules early in the Covid-19 pandemic. See, for example: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/868861704/publishers-sue-internet-archive-for-mass-copyright-infringement Elliot > On Feb 15, 2023, at 9:23 AM, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list members, > Isn'tt one solution to the high price of new academic books from certain > publishers that these in copyright books be uploaded to the "Books to Borrow" > library of archive.org <http://archive.org/> (Thats how I got Stella > Kramrisch's In the Presence of Shiva). > https://archive.org/details/inlibrary?tab=about > > As it says > Books in this collection may be borrowed by logged in patrons. You may read > the books online in your browser or, in some cases, download them . . > .Please note that works in this collection are protected by copyright law > > I didn't see how or who could upload books to this "books to borrow" library. > > Thanks, > Harry Spier > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology Elliot M. Stern 552 South 48th Street Philadelphia, PA 19143-2029 [email protected] 267-240-8418
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