Parties in Publishers’ Suit vs. IA Seek Extra Time for Court Submission

The parties in the lawsuit in which four book publishers were granted summary judgment March 24 to thwart the Internet Archive from scanning print copies of physical books and lending the digital copies to users of IA’s website without the publishers’ permission (see 2303270006) need an extra week, to April 14, to submit a proposal for the appropriate procedure to determine the judgment to be entered in the case. So said their letter Wednesday (docket 1:20-cv-04160) to U.S. District Judge John Koeltl for the Southern District of New York. “The parties have engaged in multiple constructive conversations directed towards our shared goal of submitting a joint procedure to the Court but have not yet reached a resolution,” they told the judge. “In light of these continued discussions and given the religious holidays this week, the parties request a brief extension of the current deadline,” they said.