HI SR63

Urges United States Congress to amend federal copyright law to explicitly protect the lending practices of nonprofit online libraries.

Recognizes that nonprofit online libraries acquire hardcopies of books, create digital scans, and lend digital versions to the public at no charge, mirroring traditional library practices.

Notes that nonprofit online libraries maintain lending practices where the number of simultaneous digital copies lent never exceeds the number of physical books in inventory.

References the pending case Hachette Book Group, Inc. v. Internet Archive before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where major publishers challenge the legality of these lending practices.

Directs transmission of certified copies to the Senate Majority Leader, House Speaker, and Hawaii's congressional delegation.