“They’ve stepped in downstream and taken the intellectual investment of authors and the financial investment of publishers, they’re interfering and giving this away.”

Traditional libraries pay licensing fees to publishers and agree to make them available for a particular period or a certain number of times. Internet Archive, on the other hand, acquires copies through donated or purchased books, which are then scanned and put online.

Free ebooks are so convenient for consumers and yet so terrible for the authors/publishers. I've always thought they get at least something from sites like this. Apparently not. Wow. This is terrible.