'Emergency library' set up to let people read during pandemic forced to shut down

The Internet Archive has had to shut down its National Emergency Library program because of a lawsuit from four publishers. The Emergency Library is a "temporary collection of books that supports emergency remote teaching, research activities, independent scholarship, and intellectual stimulation while universities, schools, training centers, and libraries are closed," according to the Internet Archive's website. Usually, books from the Internet Archive can be checked-out via a waiting list. Musician uses algorithm to generate'every melody that's ever existed' Musician uses algorithm to generate'every melody that's ever existed' In a blog post, the Archive asked for the publishers to "call off their costly assault." It also said it would not completely end the online lending completely; instead, it would go back to controlled digital lending.