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[–] 39 points 2 years ago (1 child)

As much as this sucks, it could have been so much worse. The Internet Archive stays up. It's important archives of things like industrial and educational films stay up. The Wayback Machine stays up.

So as disappointing as this is, I do have some relief because I thought it could mean the end.

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  • [–] [S] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So much of that stuff is public domain material, at least the older stuff like those films and some of the books

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    Right, but my worry was that if the IA went down, no one would be archiving it that didn't have a commercial interest.

    A large amount of the Prelinger Archives have been uploaded to YouTube. Which is great as a backup, but the IA is a noncommercial entity. I do not want for-profits controlling such archives. I'm glad that's not a worry, at least not for now.

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