25 April 2022
(From Publishers Weekly)
Maryland's library e-book law is one step closer to its end. In a filing this week, the Association of American Publishers asked federal judge Deborah L. Boardman to close the door once and for all on the law by converting her February preliminary injunction blocking the law into a permanent injunction.
“[Maryland] has provided no assurance that the Maryland Act will never be enforced. The State has not taken any action to repeal the Maryland Act. Moreover, [the state] offers only attorney argument for the proposition that the State ‘does not intend’ to enforce the Maryland Act,” the AAP brief states. “Intentions can change. An injunction precludes the State from enforcing the Maryland Act, period.”
Read more on the Publishers Weekly website: https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/89140-aap-asks-court-to-permanently-enjoin-maryland-library-e-book-law.html