Towards the bottom of the article, there are signs that archive dot org might lose a significant amount of money soon.
Notably, a consent judgment has already been entered to settle the claims in the case, which includes an undisclosed monetary payment to publishers that is payable once the appeals process has been exhausted. According to the AAP, that payment, should the publishers ultimately prevail, would “substantially” cover the publishers’ “significant attorney’s fees and costs in the action.”
Meanwhile, the Internet Archive is still facing a similar, follow on suit filed by a group of major record labels over its "Great 78" program, which collects vintage, 20th century 78 rpm recordings, digitizes them and makes them freely available to the public.
Oh shoot. I found a bunch of fantastic books I probably couldn't access anywhere else on there. I can imagine that there's gonna be a bunch of things on that site vanishing forever if this gets serious.
I don't expect massive websites to go down with ease every day, but I might need to start saving things in any way possible at the first chance that I get.
I only have a hundred or so. Well done. I theorized that after all or most paper books are gone and everything is digital, the EMPs would hit and they would be in possession of the books and knowledge. Except for us wildcards
Their ultimate goal is to gatekeep and paywall the exchange of ideas and information. If you want to see how that works today, look at how much control is placed upon and excessively expensive peer reviewed journals are.
https://nitter.poast.org/PublishersWkly/status/1831357570365497379
Publisher's Weekly article
Towards the bottom of the article, there are signs that archive dot org might lose a significant amount of money soon.
Oh shoot. I found a bunch of fantastic books I probably couldn't access anywhere else on there. I can imagine that there's gonna be a bunch of things on that site vanishing forever if this gets serious.
I don't expect massive websites to go down with ease every day, but I might need to start saving things in any way possible at the first chance that I get.
the best archive is a physical copy.
Which is why we have over 4k books in our personal library.
I only have a hundred or so. Well done. I theorized that after all or most paper books are gone and everything is digital, the EMPs would hit and they would be in possession of the books and knowledge. Except for us wildcards
Modern day book burning.
It's all so tiresome...
Their ultimate goal is to gatekeep and paywall the exchange of ideas and information. If you want to see how that works today, look at how much control is placed upon and excessively expensive peer reviewed journals are.
good lad