With the occurrence of pandemic and the emergence of the digital libraries it has immensely redefined the accessibility of information and knowledge through various educational resources, challenging the fair use doctrine at a debatable discussion where the conflict between rights of copyright holders and its incentives and that of the accessibility of works for the benefit of greater public arises.

The paper analyzes the recent case of Hachette Book Group v. Internet Archive where major publishing houses challenged the Archive’s practice of Controlled Digital Lending (CDL) program, through which the Archive provided to its users’ digital accessibility to the scanned copies of copyrighted works which it owned physically by an unauthorized manner, which enabled broader educational and research access focusing in particular research scholars, students and academicians who need not to rely upon library accessibility and can have access to books of art, science and literature all over the globe.

The paper highlights upon the various legal challenges and legal boundaries of the fair use doctrine within the ambit of digital e-lending on grounds such as the market impact on the traditional publishers, the transformative use of CDL and its impact upon reducing the vacuum for accessibility of educational resources and the legal implications which are necessary to balance the interest of copyright holders and the public educational needs and requirements.