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.
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.
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.