The Internet Library: Rip, Mix or Burn?

OpenDemocracy: The world wide web is a good opportunity to keep records of out-of-print books. However publishers are issuing take-down orders even though they have no intent of doing another print run...the argument is that copyright law has to be respected, but also changed to allow for archiving and other uses that are of benefit to mankind.
"Consumers are being held accountable to business, but the collaboration of business with the law-makers has placed government and business high on a pedestal, unaccountable to their end-users...Further, it appears that business has overtaken the responsibilities of government in terms of enforcing the law."