▲ 307 ▼ Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] jeffw@lemmy.world [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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 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. permalink fedilink source parent