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It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.
Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home, as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.
It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morannez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…
Praise for Louise Douglas: ** **'I loved The Lost Notebook so much! From the opening lines, I was drawn in to a gripping story, beautifully written and so cleverly orchestrated. I rooted for the main character, I held my breath at the denouement and as for the climax of the book - just wow. Highly recommended.' Judy Leigh **
'Louise Douglas achieves the impossible and gets better with every book.' Milly Johnson
'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down. The vivid descriptions, the evocative plot and the intrigue that Louise created, which had me constantly asking questions, made it a highly enjoyable, absolute treasure of a read.' Kim Nash on The Scarlet Dress
'Another stunning read from the exceptionally talented Louise Douglas! I love the way in which Louise creates such an atmospheric mystery, building the intrigue and suspense brick by brick. Her writing is always beautiful and multi-layered, her characters warm and relatable and the intriguing nature of the mystery makes this unputdownable.’ Nicola Cornick on The Scarlet Dress
'A tender, heart-breaking, page-turning read' Rachel Hore on The House by the Sea
'The perfect combination of page-turning thriller and deeply emotional family story. Superb’ Nicola Cornick on The House by the Sea
‘Kept me guessing until the last few pages and the explosive ending took my breath away.' C.L. Taylor, author of The Accident on Your Beautiful Lies
‘Beautifully written, chillingly atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Secret by the Lake is Louise Douglas at her brilliant best’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Broken
‘A master of her craft, Louise Douglas ratchets up the tension in this haunting and exquisitely written tale of buried secrets and past tragedy.’ Amanda Jennings, author of Sworn Secret
‘A clammy, atmospheric and suspenseful novel, it builds in tension all the way through to the startling final pages.’ Sunday Express, S Magazine
'A chilling, unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The House By The Sea.
'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down.'
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Louise douglas.
Hello! I'm Louise, author of 12 novels mostly set in the Somerset countryside close to where I live and Sicily. I'm thrilled to have won the RNA Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller award 2021 for The House by the Sea which has sold more than a quarter of a million copies.
I'm currently writing the third of the Brittany collection of novels set in Finistère and all involving missing people. The Lost Notebook was a UK number one best-seller & its sequel, The Summer of Lies was published in February 2024.
When I'm not writing, I love to spend time with my family, friends and animals. I'm passionate about nature, being outside, drawing, wildlife, walking and books. Right now, all my spare time is being taken up by our new Border Collie puppy, Luna.
I really hope you enjoy my books. If you'd like to connect, find me on Facebook Louise Amy Douglas or LouiseDouglas3 on Twitter. Thank you x
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A notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths – something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of morannez….
It’s summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.
Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani’s parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home, as well as taken her sister Sophie’s place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.
It’s clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morannez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what’s really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost…
Praise for Louise Douglas: ** **'I loved The Lost Notebook so much! From the opening lines, I was drawn in to a gripping story, beautifully written and so cleverly orchestrated. I rooted for the main character, I held my breath at the denouement and as for the climax of the book - just wow. Highly recommended.' Judy Leigh **
'Louise Douglas achieves the impossible and gets better with every book.' Milly Johnson
'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down. The vivid descriptions, the evocative plot and the intrigue that Louise created, which had me constantly asking questions, made it a highly enjoyable, absolute treasure of a read.' Kim Nash on The Scarlet Dress
'Another stunning read from the exceptionally talented Louise Douglas! I love the way in which Louise creates such an atmospheric mystery, building the intrigue and suspense brick by brick. Her writing is always beautiful and multi-layered, her characters warm and relatable and the intriguing nature of the mystery makes this unputdownable.’ Nicola Cornick on The Scarlet Dress
'A tender, heart-breaking, page-turning read' Rachel Hore on The House by the Sea
'The perfect combination of page-turning thriller and deeply emotional family story. Superb’ Nicola Cornick on The House by the Sea
‘Kept me guessing until the last few pages and the explosive ending took my breath away.' C.L. Taylor, author of The Accident on Your Beautiful Lies
‘Beautifully written, chillingly atmospheric and utterly compelling, The Secret by the Lake is Louise Douglas at her brilliant best’ Tammy Cohen, author of The Broken
‘A master of her craft, Louise Douglas ratchets up the tension in this haunting and exquisitely written tale of buried secrets and past tragedy.’ Amanda Jennings, author of Sworn Secret
‘A clammy, atmospheric and suspenseful novel, it builds in tension all the way through to the startling final pages.’ Sunday Express, S Magazine
'A chilling, unputdownable new novel from the bestselling author of The House By The Sea.
'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down.'
My books are usually described as contemporary Gothic stories, most often with some dark romance or a psychological element.
I love to write about love, not only in the romantic sense. I also enjoy writing about animals, nature and the countryside, feeling deeply connected.
But it’s people and the secrets they keep that truly fascinate me. It’s the things we don’t say that reveal the most about us; the walls we build and the masks we wear to make ourselves appear strong, when the truth is, we’re trying to protect our vulnerable hearts.
If you enjoy a compelling, emotional storyline, and like reading about flawed characters who confuse what they want, with what they need; if you like travelling with characters towards a resolution, if you believe good people deserve to find happiness, you might enjoy this book.
Thank you again. I very much appreciate you looking at my book and wish you all the best.
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Louise douglas.
Hello! I'm Louise, author of 12 novels mostly set in the Somerset countryside close to where I live and Sicily. I'm thrilled to have won the RNA Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller award 2021 for The House by the Sea which has sold more than a quarter of a million copies.
I'm currently writing the third of the Brittany collection of novels set in Finistère and all involving missing people. The Lost Notebook was a UK number one best-seller & its sequel, The Summer of Lies was published in February 2024.
When I'm not writing, I love to spend time with my family, friends and animals. I'm passionate about nature, being outside, drawing, wildlife, walking and books. Right now, all my spare time is being taken up by our new Border Collie puppy, Luna.
I really hope you enjoy my books. If you'd like to connect, find me on Facebook Louise Amy Douglas or LouiseDouglas3 on Twitter. Thank you x
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I don’t know about you, but I just spent my Memorial Day weekend reading (and drooling over) the latest book by animation historian extraordinaire John Canemaker, The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and The Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic .
With apologies to my dear friends Didier Ghez and David Gerstein (who also have great books regarding Disney coming out in 2014), there can be no more important book about Disney history published this year. Just when you think there is nothing else to know, nothing left to uncover, Canemaker and the Disney Family Museum put this major piece of animation/Disney/special effects research and Hollywood history on the table – a coffee table in this case.
The Lost Notebook is a large, $75.00 behemoth of an oversized book ($51.07 on Amazon) which contains a complete facsimile of a previously unpublished, previously unknown and lost journal of photographer and Disney effects technician Herman Schultheis. Schultheis worked for Disney for a few years, essentially between 1938 and 1941 – the height of the Disney golden age – part of the team in getting Pinnocchio, Fantasia, The Reluctant Dragon, Bambi and Dumbo to the screen.
Not only did Schultheis work in effects photography – think the snow flakes in Fantasia , the elaborate opening shot in Pinnochio – but he documented how these “tricks” were achieved, with notes, charts, rare photographs and art. Schultheis was also a publicity photographer for the studio – as well as a cameraman behind many of the reference photos the animators used.
Canemaker deftly annotates the entire 160 page ‘lost notebook’, filling in the gaps by identifying artists and technicians and explaining the context of each photograph, film or technical process involved. The other 132 pages surrounding the notebook here are even more fascinating. Canemaker relates the entire tale of Mr. Schultheis – a part-time nudist and a suspected Nazi sympathizer – who ultimately disappeared forever in a Guatemalan jungle in 1955. You can’t make stuff like this up – it’s an incredible life story.
Schultheis was an industry jack-of-all-trades and perhaps master-of-none, but he had a healthy ego and several good ideas (3-D Disney illustrated books using studio maquettes; a plan to build a “how-we-make-cartoons” movie museum in Hollywood that would also sell Disney “by-products”, et al). His German accent didn’t help his fortunes during wartime – but merchandiser Kay Kamen befriended him, and he later found work at 20th Century Fox and the small-time Telefilm productions after the war. Canemaker’s telling of his life story is an equally compelling companion to the “lost notebook” itself.
Schultheis’ Disney notebooks were found in 1990 by Howard Lowery, in his estate – after his widow’s passing – untouched for 35 years, in a cabinet drawer. The original notebook is now on display at the Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.
Pixar’s Pete Docter contributes an enthusiastic and heartfelt Foreword explaining the importance of these lost notes. He’s right – they are important, both Disney and Special Effects historians will have a field day here – and the “lost notebook” will indeed be analyzed and referred to for decades to come.
Beautiful to behold, a rare artifact and important reference material – what more can I say? The Lost Notebook: Herman Schultheis and The Secrets of Walt Disney’s Movie Magic is highly recommended.
(Click thumbnails below to enlarge, a two page sample of the THE LOST NOTEBOOK)
Fascinating.
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Imagine this: A mysterious, dashing German émigré shows up at the Disney Studio on the eve of World War II. He works there for a little over two years on Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi, and keeps a meticulous secret notebook of how the studio achieved its propietary special effects. He never works in animation after that, instead pursuing other interests as a photographic chronicler of mid-century Los Angeles and an ingenious inventor (he serves himself drinks with an automated push-button and his home office has switches and buttons that control “over a hundred circuits”). A decade-and-a-half after leaving Disney, while adventuring in Central America, he disappears in the jungles of Guatemala. Nearly forty years after his disappearance, the Disney notebooks are found hidden in a Murphy bed in the Los Angeles home of his widow.
The book attracted a fair bit of attention when we mentioned it in our 2014 book preview so here’s a little bit more to whet your appetite: the book’s cover, provided exclusively to us by the author, and some preview pages from the book. I had the privilege of reading a draft of the book a few years back, and can assure you that this will be one of the most unique and informative animation history books ever published.
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The brand new novel from top 5 bestseller louise douglas., a notebook full of secrets, two untimely deaths - something sinister is stirring in the perfect seaside town of morranez....
It's summer and holidaymakers are flocking to the idyllic Brittany coast. But when first an old traveller woman dies in suspicious circumstances, and then a campaign of hate seemingly drives another victim to take his own life, events take a very dark turn.
Mila Shepherd has come to France to look after her niece, Ani, following the accident in which both Ani's parents were lost at sea. Mila has moved into their family holiday home, as well as taken her sister Sophie's place in an agency which specialises in tracking down missing people, until new recruit Carter Jackson starts.
It's clear that malevolent forces are at work in Morranez, but the local police are choosing to look the other way. Only Mila and Carter can uncover the truth about what's really going on in this beautiful, but mysterious place before anyone else suffers. But someone is desperate to protect a terrible truth, at any cost...
Praise for Louise Douglas:
'I loved The Lost Notebook so much! From the opening lines, I was drawn in to a gripping story, beautifully written and so cleverly orchestrated. I rooted for the main character, I held my breath at the denouement and as for the climax of the book - just wow. Highly recommended.' Judy Leigh
'Louise Douglas achieves the impossible and gets better with every book.' Milly Johnson
'A brilliantly written, gripping, clever, compelling story, that I struggled to put down. The vivid descriptions, the evocative plot and the intrigue that Louise created, which had me constantly asking questions, made it a highly enjoyable, absolute treasure of a read.' Kim Nash on The Scarlet Dress
'Another stunning read from the exceptionally talented Louise Douglas! I love the way in which Louise creates such an atmospheric mystery, building the intrigue and suspense brick by brick. Her writing is always beautiful and multi-layered, her characters warm and relatable and the intriguing nature of the mystery makes this unputdownable.' Nicola Cornick on The Scarlet Dress
'A tender, heart-breaking, page-turning read' Rachel Hore on The House by the Sea
'The perfect combination of page-turning thriller and deeply emotional family story. Superb' Nicola Cornick on The House by the Sea
'Kept me guessing until the last few pages and the explosive ending took my breath away.' C.L. Taylor, author of The Accident on Your Beautiful Lies
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Elisabeth Gifford studied French literature and world religions at Leeds University. She has an MA in Creative Writing from Royal Holloway College. She is married with three adult children and lives in Kingston upon Thames.
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One of the biggest threats to America’s politics might be the country’s founding document.
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The United States Constitution is in trouble. After Donald Trump lost the 2020 election, he called for the “ termination of all rules, regulations and articles, even those found in the Constitution.” Outraged critics denounced him for threatening a document that is supposed to be “sacrosanct.” By announcing his desire to throw off constitutional constraints in order to satisfy his personal ambitions, Trump was making his authoritarian inclinations abundantly clear.
It’s no surprise, then, that liberals charge Trump with being a menace to the Constitution . But his presidency and the prospect of his re-election have also generated another, very different, argument: that Trump owes his political ascent to the Constitution, making him a beneficiary of a document that is essentially antidemocratic and, in this day and age, increasingly dysfunctional.
After all, Trump became president in 2016 after losing the popular vote but winning the Electoral College (Article II). He appointed three justices to the Supreme Court (Article III), two of whom were confirmed by senators representing just 44 percent of the population (Article I). Those three justices helped overturn Roe v. Wade, a reversal with which most Americans disagreed . The eminent legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky, worried about opinion polls showing “a dramatic loss of faith in democracy,” writes in his new book, “No Democracy Lasts Forever”: “It is important for Americans to see that these failures stem from the Constitution itself.”
Back in 2018, Chemerinsky, the dean of Berkeley’s law school, still seemed to place considerable faith in the Constitution, pleading with fellow progressives in his book “We the People” “not to turn their back on the Constitution and the courts.” By contrast, “No Democracy Lasts Forever” is markedly pessimistic. Asserting that the Constitution, which is famously difficult to amend , has put the country “in grave danger,” Chemerinsky lays out what would need to happen for a new constitutional convention — and, in the book’s more somber moments, he entertains the possibility of secession . West Coast states might form a nation called “Pacifica.” Red states might form their own country. He hopes that any divorce, if it comes, will be peaceful.
The prospect of secession sounds extreme, but in suggesting that the Constitution could hasten the end of American democracy, Chemerinsky is far from alone. The argument that what ails the country’s politics isn’t simply the president, or Congress, or the Supreme Court, but the founding document that presides over all three, has been gaining traction, especially among liberals. Books and op-eds critiquing the Constitution have proliferated. Scholars are arguing that the Constitution has incentivized what Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt call a “Tyranny of the Minority.”
The anguish is, in some sense, a flip side of veneration. Americans have long assumed that the Constitution could save us; a growing chorus now wonders whether we need to be saved from it.
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Fortunately this is an area where Honor has again nailed it, despite having to offer a good level of performance and fit everything into a ridiculously small profile. The Chinese manufacturer seems to have put a lot of effort into doing so.
A vapor cooling system Honor describes as "revolutionary" has been built into the laptop, and when the silicon carbide fans do boot up they're almost silent. The thin and hi-tech body also has an antenna woven into it, which means picking up on a WiFi signal isn't a problem.
While I wasn't sitting there with a big protractor, and trying this out made my head hurt, I did manage to sort of read a few lines from what I would guess is a 160 degree angle. While you will see light refracting on the screen's surface at that sort of extreme, you can still make 11 point type out surprisingly clearly. So if you're watching something with a few other people, no one is going to get their view ruined. The bezel is also tiny, measuring just 2.2mm around. The square 3:2 aspect ratio takes a bit of getting used to, but isn't a hindrance. Resolution wise, 3120 x 2080 pixels is more than you really need on a screen of this size, and everything looks razor sharp. Brightness goes up to 700 nits, so you can work in a very bright environment but you may struggle in direct sunlight. In the average room during the day, 30-40% brightness is more than enough. A 120 Hz refresh rate is also pretty easy on the eye.
AI makes another appearance in the MagicBook Art 14's audio department. The laptop features six speakers, which the proprietary "HONOR Spatial Audio Engine" uses to create a wide variety of effects. Apparently the engine uses AI to produce 3D audio. In real terms, movies sound great while music sounds crisp and clear. The little laptop isn't going to produce the kind of bass that will make your walls shake, but it's good for a bit of Bowie or Queen.
From a full charge, the Honor MagicBook Art 14 should be able to handle nine to ten hours of "office work." Obviously that battery life will vary based on what you're using the device for and various other settings. Bluetooth will shorten it very slightly, and a bright screen may cause a significant drop in battery life. Conversely, you can slap it on battery saver mode and get close to a full day out of it.
When you do have to plug it in, it won't have to stay wired for long. Charging is pretty quick and it pretty much reaches capacity within an hour. Charging is done via a USB-C cable which is fast becoming the standard these days, and rightly so. The cables themselves, and the 60-ish watt blocks you need to charge most laptops are relatively common, and a refreshing step forward from the random barrel jack and weird amperage requirement era.
The battery itself is a proprietary "Heterogenous Battery Design" which uses multiple battery blocks of varying thickness. This allows Honor to achieve the laptop's slim profile by spacing those blocks out — making particular use of the area around the hinge. There may be a downside to this, as that sounds like a nightmare to replace. Slapping in a new battery can give a laptop a new lease of life, and is fairly simple on a lot of models. However, that's a problem for tomorrow. For now, you have an exceedingly slim and well balanced device.
When you first pick up the Honor MagicBook Art 14 you might be wondering where the webcam is. Well, to solve the mystery, it pops out of the left hand side of the laptop and magnetically attaches to the top of the device when you need to use it.
This sort of system has its ups and downs, but overall I'd argue its a positive. To start with the downsides, a very obvious one is you can quite easily lose your webcam. It's a very small thing, the magnets involved are only so strong, and if you're not vigilant about popping it back in its slot it can easily go bye bye, This won't leave a hole in the side of the laptop as a flat piece of trim follows it out and plugs the gap. But it will be a massive inconvenience. On the flipside, if the camera does break replacing it should be a pretty simple process.
Then there's the loss of Windows' webcam-based login — which is a quick way to access your device and authorize things like payments. Digging the camera out and setting it up is more of a pain than just using the fingerprint scanner.
However, the positives far outweigh the negatives. First, there's privacy. You may not trust electronic camera shut offs, and even a physical barrier may leave you wondering. But if the camera is detached and stored in a whole different part of the laptop, there's zero chance it's spying on you. Versatility is also a plus, you can mount it backwards and broadcast whatever your laptop is pointed at if you want to, or simply have it facing towards you.
As for the overall quality, it's pretty much a standard 1080p webcam. It could be sharper, but it will more than do the job if you simply need to show your face at the occasional office zoom meeting.
The bottom part of the laptop is dominated by a very large touchpad — something Honor claims is industry-leading. As you may expect, it's capable of detecting a wide array of gestures from obscure swipes to knuckle taps, all of which can make using the laptop that little bit easier. It's arguably a bit too large as I'll often accidentally catch part of it while typing and find myself writing away in the wrong area. It also carries all the way to the edge, which means you may again catch it if you're using the laptop on your actual lap.
Despite being a bit too big for comfort, it has its plus points. Tracking is good, and overall the pad is very comfortable to use. It tracks gestures easily, and you can adjust both screen brightness and volume by running a finger up or down the left or right sides respectively. As with the touchpad in general, you will accidentally hit both the brightness and volume adjuster regularly.
The laptop also comes with a touchscreen, which is absolutely superb if lazy scrolling is your thing. Again, the touchscreen is well implemented. There's no drag on the surface, your finger glides across it. The screen is also very sensitive to input so you won't find yourself aggressively prodding it and waiting for something to happen. Touchscreens take laptops to the next level, especially when they're as well implemented as Honor's effort.
The laptop is capable of making good use of Honor's "Magic Circle," which itself is a solid base for the ecosystem the company is trying to build. On a good day, Magic Circle will automatically detect other Honor devices you have in close proximity to the MagicBook Art 14. Those devices will then connect over WiFi or Bluetooth. The devices can then share files, internet connections, screens, you name it. When it works, it's on par with the likes of Apple. However, it may need a little polish.
On my home WiFi network, all I had to do was sign in to each device with my Honor account and connect to the internet. The whole Magic Circle thing took care of itself and it was all there when I needed it. However, on the road it's a different story. I can't even pair the laptop with Honor's phone (see our Honor Magic V3 Review ) and tablet successfully via Bluetooth, never mind get all three to play nicely together.
So Magic Circle is a potential game changer, especially if you have multiple Honor devices. It just needs a little bit of work on Honor's part to get it working as seamlessly in an airport lounge or hotel room as it does in my kitchen.
Between testing various devices professionally, and some catastrophically bad luck/decision making on a personal level, I've spent a lot of time on a lot of laptops over the last couple of years. As far as work-focused machines go, this ranks amongst the best and may actually be king of the silicon mountain.
It ticks all of the boxes when it comes to a travel laptop. It's light, it doesn't feel like it's about to combust the second you dare open more than three tabs on Chrome, the battery life is enough to get you through a full working day, it charges via USB-C, the speakers are nice, the screen is fantastic, and it's very comfortable to type on.
If I was in the market for a new work laptop, this isn't even a case of "it would be a strong contender," I'd just buy this one. Even if getting your hands on the Honor MagicBook Art 14 is a bit of a pain. This version of the Magicbook Art 14 will be released on September 20, 2024, but an earlier version can be purchased in international markets now — stay tuned for final price info.
The Internet Archive has lost its appeal in a court case involving the distribution and lending of over half a million digital books.
The decision, which was issued Wednesday by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, is the latest blow to the Internet Archive, which hosts millions of video, audio, and e-book files (in addition to hundreds of billions of snapshots of websites via Archive.org).
The decision concerns a case from 2020 in which four publishers (Hachette, Wiley, HarperCollins, and Penguin Random House) sued the Internet Archive over its Open Library system. The Open Library lends out digital copies of books that are "backed up" by a physical copy of the book residing in a library. The digital books are actually scans of these physical books and not true e-books in the context with which most consumers are familiar.
In other words, the Open Library purchases physical books, scans and digitizes them, and lends out these digital copies. Traditionally, libraries must purchase digital licenses to lend e-books.
The four publishers sued the Internet Archive and forced the removal of over 500,000 digital scans of books. At the time, the publishers claimed the Open Library's distribution method was akin to piracy. Last year, a federal judge ruled that the Internet Archive did not have the right to distribute books using the Open Library's digitization method. The Internet Archive appealed that ruling, but Wednesday's decision shot that appeal down.
The Internet Archive argued that digitizing physical books could be considered transformative and thus would be protected under "fair use" stipulations in copyright law in the United States. However, the court ruled that this method was not transformative enough to qualify as fair use, upholding the initial ruling. As such, the fate of the half million digital copies and, more broadly, the Internet Archive itself may be in jeopardy.
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