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– FrozeInFear 24 points 56 days ago +24 / -0

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.

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.

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– MrHeretic 21 points 56 days ago +21 / -0

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.