Internet Archive wants book copyright indemnity like Google

The Internet Archive, perhaps best known for its website archive the Wayback Machine, has let a federal judge know that it would like to be covered by same the copyright liability protection that Google will enjoy as part of its settlement with The Authors Guild. On Friday, the Internet Archive submitted a letter to Judge Denny Chin requesting permission to intervene in The Authors Guild v. Google, arguing that the proposed settlement of the case would hinder it from competing against Google. In addition to operating Wayback Machine, the Internet Archive is a founding member of the Open Content Alliance, launched in 2005 as an alternative to Google's book-digitization project. Unlike Google's opt-out plan, the OCA planned to scan only copyrighted material which had been given advance permission from the publishers. In 2007, the OCA opened the virtual doors of its Open Library for business.