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> Book publishers and the Internet Archive will face off today in a hearing that could determine the future of library ebooks - deciding whether libraries must rely on the often temporary digital licenses that publishers offer or whether they can scan and lend copies of their own tomes.

> In a response, the Internet Archive says it's received around $5,500 total in affiliate revenue and that its digital scanning service is separate from the Open Library.

> Digital rights organization Fight for the Future has supported the Internet Archive with a campaign called Battle for Libraries, arguing that the lawsuit threatens the ability of libraries to hold their own digital copies of books.

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