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In a digital world where major languages dominate, smaller languages risk fading. For Aruba, preserving Papiamento means more than maintaining words—it’s about protecting a cultural legacy that reflects the island's rich history.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/31/v...
From the essay, "Preserving Papiamento—Safeguarding Aruba’s Language and Cultural Heritage," by Peter Scholing of Biblioteca Nacional Aruba, part of the Vanishing Culture report: blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/v...
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SO proud to have been a part of last week's celebration at and I also successfully gave my speech and did not die or barf!! It helps when you are on fire with believing something.
blog.archive.org/2024/10/29/s...
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Currently reading this. There are so many "good" quotes to pull from it.
And by "good" I mean "oh shit we have to do something about this before it's too late".
The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While Internet Archive recovers from a cyberattack, it’s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilience—and collective action.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/v...
The Vanishing Culture report arrives today at a critical moment: While Internet Archive recovers from a cyberattack, it’s a reminder of how fragile our access to knowledge can be. Preserving culture & history requires resilience—and collective action.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/10/30/v...
Last week’s Physical Archive tour spotlighted preservation in action—where books, films & other media are safeguarded for the future. Couldn't make it? Check out the recap: blog.archive.org/2024/10/29/a...
We’re grateful for your ongoing support as we continue securing services.
Update—Bringing more services online: blog.archive.org/2024/10/28/i...
More services & features coming soon. Services may be interrupted for ongoing maintenance as we continue to secure systems.
Thank you for your patience and ongoing support.
If you missed last night’s livestream from our Great Room 🏛️ the replay is now available: youtube.com/live/_w819qE...
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New 'Stack features a reprint of one of my first reviews: Phosphorescent’s 2006 LP Aw Come Aw Wry for Bandoppler. I retrieved the text using ’s Wayback Machine. The IA needs our support, so please join me in donating today.
Read: jasonpwoodbury.substack.com/p/i-will-lay...
Want to show your support for the Internet Archive? Join us TONIGHT (Wed, Oct 23) ⬇️
🏛️ IN PERSON, 5-10pm PT: www.eventbrite.com/e/escaping-t...
📱 ONLINE, 7-8pm PT: www.eventbrite.com/e/escaping-t...
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Another reason why is so important: preserving the facts about elections and campaigns for later study.
The third in our series from Brick House/Flaming Hydra.
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Update: archive.org is back online in a provisional, read-only manner. Learn more in our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/10/21/i...
Here’s an insider report on what’s going on behind the scenes to bring Internet Archive services online: www.reddit.com/r/internetar...
"Why kick the cat?" - , speaking to Daniel Wu of the Washington Post about the attacks against the Internet Archive ➡️ wapo.st/4f998w2
Update, Mark Graham ⬇️
"Wanted to share an update from Team Wayback Machine
The archives are safe & the Wayback Machine is up in read-only mode.
We hope to turn more web crawling on within a day to make sure our web collections remain whole.
Next up: Save Page Now.
Thank you for the support!"
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The Wayback machine is up, the Blog is up, the Mastodon is up. The staff is working intensely to lock down and clean up the site and the goal is to come back, and stay back.
Latest update (Oct 15, 2:20pm PT) from : "Wayback Machine running strong (yippie!).
Still working to bring archive.org items & other services online safely.
@internetarchive team spirits high, but tired."
Latest update from : “@waybackmachine volume is back to normal: 1,500 requests per second.
Sorry we don't have other services yet. (Your good wishes have helped a good team @internetarchive )
more as it happens.”
Latest update, :
“The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine resumed in a provisional, read-only manner.
Sorry, no Save Page Now yet.
Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again.
Please be gentle web.archive.org
More as it happens.”
Latest update from (Oct 12, 10:17pm PT):
“Archive.org sub services coming back up when they can, safely. e.g. Email working.
Now contract crawls for National Libraries (important to make keep collections whole)
Thank you for the patience. More as it happens.”
Latest update on the DDOS attack from Brewster Kahle (Oct 11 @ 10:22am PT):
"The data is safe.
Services are offline as we examine and strengthen them. Sorry, but needed. @internetarchive staff is working hard.
Estimated Timeline: days, not weeks.
Thank you for the offers of pizza (we are set)."
Latest update from :
“Update: @internetarchive’s data has not been corrupted. Services are currently stopped to upgrade internal systems.
We are working to restore services as quickly and safely as possible.
Sorry for this disruption.”
UPDATE (October 10, 3:36am PT) on the DDOS attack on Internet Archive. We will share more as we know it.
Public records are essential for accountability and transparency. 🗄️ In the latest post for our series, Maria Bustillos () explores the critical role of preserving these 'receipts' for future generations. Read more: blog.archive.org/2024/10/08/v...
Charlie Barlow, BLC: "While Schonfield suggests that libraries have limited market power, this overlooks that ITHAKA, through JSTOR, brokers nearly $100 million in content agreements with publishers annually, largely supported by library funding." ⤵️
www.libraryfutures.net/post/cdls-fu...
We’re thrilled to announce that Aruba will receive the 2024 Internet Archive Hero Award! 🇦🇼 Join us in celebrating this island nation’s groundbreaking efforts in digital preservation & making cultural heritage accessible worldwide: blog.archive.org/2024/10/07/a...
Interested in the services Internet Archive offers to the library community? 📚🔗🎵 Join our annual Library Leaders Forum to learn more!
📅 Oct 17 @ 10am PT / 1pm ET
📍Online
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/library-le...
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Invaluable reference material for writers of historical fiction.
Regional cookbooks are more than recipes—they're a window into our shared cultural traditions and histories. Preserving these practical guides ensures future generations can savor the stories of our past. 🍲📚
🔗 Read more: blog.archive.org/2024/09/30/v...
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Thank you to everyone who helped raise $4,211 to support the Internet Archive’s Open Library!
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I've been a bit dark with regard to Internet Archive lately. Here's yams
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Most of the headline-grabbing copyright battles over the past few years have been over AI. But the Internet Archive is fighting its own war over copyright—and it's in grave danger. www.wired.com/story/intern...
Join the Association of Southeastern Research Libraries (ASERL) & the Library Copyright Institute for a discussion on the recent Hachette v. Internet Archive decision and its impacts on Controlled Digital Lending and libraries.
📅 November 1 @ 1pm ET
🔗 www.aserl.org/event/whats-...
What is fair use & why does it matter for creators?
🎧️ Listen in as experts Patricia Aufderheide & Peter Jaszi talk about their landmark book, "Reclaiming Fair Use"—now in its second edition! Co-hosted with Authors Alliance.
▶️ archive.org/details/recl...
🎂 Celebrate F. Scott Fitzgerald's birthday with a look back at "The Great Gatsby" and his other literary classics. 🖋📚 Read "Gatsby"—now in the public domain—on the Internet Archive ➡️ archive.org/details/the-...
Did you know that besides archiving the Cartoon Network website, we also saved other media in our collections? Explore the archived flash games featured in this month’s Best of the Archive Newsletter at us20.campaign-archive.com?u=38bd615438...
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Why is it important to preserve forgotten books? A reflection on one of the many valuable functions of the Internet Archive.
blog.archive.org/2024/09/16/v...
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Excellent post by Brad Bigelow
"So much of the literature that has historically been remote & inaccessible can now be found just steps from their front doors
🎬 Also read: ideasroadshow.com/barbarians-a...
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Why is it important to preserve forgotten books? 📚🕳️
Discover how lost stories hold the key to cultural memory, creativity & knowledge in a new post from author & editor Brad Bigelow of Neglected Books.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/09/16/v...
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I've found some really interesting local history tidbits in the Internet Archive that I believe I would never have otherwise discovered.
Why is it important to preserve forgotten books? 📚🕳️
Discover how lost stories hold the key to cultural memory, creativity & knowledge in a new post from author & editor Brad Bigelow of Neglected Books.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/09/16/v...
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I am grateful to the Internet Archive for their dedication to digital preservation and lifting up others with the Community Webs Program.💗
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New Feature Alert: Access archived webpages directly through Google Search, now featuring a link to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/09/11/n...
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We know many, including researchers, value seeing previous versions of webpages when available. That’s why beginning today, we're adding links to the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine to our "About this result" panel, to give quick context & make this helpful info easily accessible via Search.
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Person arguing with me in DMs that the Hachette decision is good for authors and not detrimental to readers who can just use a library: “I’m predicting that your IA experience will not be significantly diminished.”
Me, literally yesterday:
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The Internet Archive's lending library was so helpful for my research on the history of psyops. There are tons of primary sources like government documents, plus obscure, out-of-print books that can reveal a lot. This ruling against them is a blow to the public sphere. www.wired.com/story/intern...
Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive
🔗 blog.archive.org/2024/09/04/i...
"The amount of economic harm that the publishers are presently suffering as a result of the IA has not only never been quantified, it has not even been roughly attempted to be quantified."
🔗 "Barbarians at the Gates” by Howard Burton for : ideasroadshow.com/barbarians-a...
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🎬 Academic filmmaker Howard Burton on the insane fight to shutter the Internet Archive, a vital resource for the creation of documentary films.
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▶️ ideasroadshow.com/barbarians-a...
We’re shifting from brat summer to BART autumn (you read that right) with this 1971 SF BART branding guideline book. More fun finds and stories in our August Best of the Archive Newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
If you weren’t able to join last week's GOVERNABLE SPACES , you can watch it on the Internet Archive. LILLY IRANI () leads the discussion with author NATHAN SCHNEIDER ().
🔗 archive.org/details/gove...
Why is it important to preserve 78rpm recordings?
As audio preservation expert George Blood explains, "78rpm discs were the way we learned about each other and entertained the world." blog.archive.org/2024/08/26/v...
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Today in the archives: bringing this ridiculous machine from the 1970s back to life in order to read files stored in an obscure and awkward format. Incredible that it still works 🤯 thanks to who had the manual scanned for us to refer to!
LISTEN: New podcast episode from Politico Tech featuring Mark Graham, director of Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, discussing the multi-institutional End of Term Archive project.
"Meet the man archiving Biden's presidency"
🔗 www.politico.com/podcasts/tech
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Surprise: A big public library content vendor is overloading library catalogs with shitty ebooks, AI generated slurry, and right wing propaganda. Try doing any search on hoopla digital and the results you get are bad, bad, bad
www.libraryfutures.net/post/hooplas...
You won't want to miss this! Pepsiman, the sweet mascot for Pepsi in Japan during the ’90s, and all of his paraphernalia (games, ads, and even a mini CD) are all available on the Archive. Learn about this and more in our Best of the Archive Newsletter, shared every month: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Our popular book talk series with Authors Alliance starts back up in August—registration opening soon!
📣 We're looking for authors & books to fill out our schedule in late 2024 / early 2025. Learn more & reach out via our latest post: blog.archive.org/2024/07/18/s...
George Smart is on a mission to save mid-century modern houses. He believes the structures are artworks that deserve respect, but people miss their importance & how to preserve them. Smart relies on books & web archives from the Internet Archive in his work. ➡️ blog.archive.org/2024/07/15/s...
THIS FRIDAY — Join us for Public Domain Night at the Internet Archive!
👀 We're screening 📽️ "D.O.A." (1949) starring Edmond O'Brien & Pamela Britton.
📅 July 19
🕡 7:00pm
🎟️ eventbrite.com/e/doa-screen...
JUST POSTED: 🎵 New ways to search archived music news with Internet Archive's Wayback Machine: blog.archive.org/2024/07/10/n...
“If Congress had not statutorily protected first sale, would library lending be legal?” 🤔 That’s one of 3 key questions librarian & legal scholar Michelle Wu breaks down from the recent oral argument in Hachette v. Internet Archive: www.libraryfutures.net/post/a-respo...
With climate change posing a threat for island nations & their cultural heritage, preservation efforts are now more crucial than ever. Learn how our partnership with Aruba’s national library & archives is helping in this PBS NewsHour story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cSL...
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Internet Archive saves my ass again with a math book that I wouldn't be able to find anywhere else.
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In the SF Bay Area this week? We're holding an *in-person* meetup at the HQ in San Francisco this Wednesday, July 10 5:30-9pm!
Come by for dinner, drinks, + socializing, and hear about new projects participating at DWeb Camp this summer.
www.eventbrite.com/e/dweb-sf-me...
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This is one of the coolest things we've done in a while.
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Went to my history loans
* 32% bought
* 11% most second-hand, on my ToBuy list
* 41% not available to buy or too expensive (200€!)
* 2% Public Domain
* 14% not interested (some not available)
Don't ever tell me libraries harm publishers. EVER.
My two most recent buys:
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Fun fact: The Plant Seed Co. of St. Louis, Missouri, was founded in 1845 by a man named William Plant.
It also had cool catalog art. Here’s one from 1892.
Source: Henry G. Gilbert Nursery & Seed Trade Catalog Collection, National Agricultural Library, via ; archive.org/details/seed...
So what happened last Friday in court with Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers' lawsuit against our library? Check out updates in our new post: blog.archive.org/2024/07/01/w...
Check out the DWeb Camp virtual preview THIS WEDNESDAY, July 3 ⤵️
Our virtual meetup next week will feature:
🌲 Billion Lee of CoFacts
🌲 Sinu of TLSNotary / @ethereum.bsky.social
🌲 Eric Harris-Braun of Holo
🌲 @kumavis.me of @metamask.io
🌲 Val Elefante of CCI's Sol Center
Happening WED July 3 5pm PT (Asia-Pacific friendly time!)
www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2024-...
We’re fighting to restore access to more than 500,000 books in court on Friday. You can show your support in a number of ways - learn more: blog.archive.org/2024/06/26/w...
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STATEMENT ahead of oral arguments in their appeal for the right to own digital books: "The right to read without fear of being punished for what you read has never been more under threat."
www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2024-06...
Did you catch the story about the Wayback Machine on CBS News Sunday Morning? 🌞 David Pogue chatted with about archiving the web, and the lawsuits from publishers & the recording industry that threaten our mission & your access to information. Watch: cbsnews.com/news/the-way...
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At its core, the reason publishers are going after the Internet Archive isn't that its actions have lost money for authors. It's that publishers want to delegitimise the concept of owning a digital copy of something.
HAPPENING TODAY, 9am ET: David Pogue chats with about the Wayback Machine on CBS News Sunday Morning 🌞 www.cbsnews.com/news/this-we...
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The Hamilton Pub Performance Archives
This collection of bands playing in London pubs, recorded by Mr. Hamilton himself.
archive.org/details/hami...
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I fairly regularly need older/more obscure stuff that I can't immediately get through the libraries I have access to. This is especially frustrating when a digital version exists but is paywalled.
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Preparing my last seminar, I was very happy I could borrow a crucial title from
The alternative would have been to buy it for 10% of my total pay from Abebooks and have it shipped around the globe
Or not use it at all
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️
Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead
👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...
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Please leave the internet archive alone, they are desperately trying to save our cultural knowledge from the digital maw.
They are librarians.
Go after profit obsessed publishers and big tech instead
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️
Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️
👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...
📚 Attention Readers & Researchers
More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers' lawsuit. Have you been affected? Share your story with us and help us fight to restore access.
👉 forms.gle/G2GXK6xwMZ3t...
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Starting in ~1 hour!
🌲 June 2024 DWeb Virtual Meetup on sustaining and measuring the impact of public goods. 🌲
Following the event, come join us in Gather Town for an informal hang out and chat with friends old and new!
www.eventbrite.com/e/june-2024-...
What if online platforms were designed with democracy in mind? GOVERNABLE SPACES presents projects doing just that. Learn about ambitious, Bay Area-based projects that enable ordinary users to co-govern their online lives.
📅 June 8 ⏰ 4pm PT 🎟️: lu.ma/governable-s...
Our Monthly Giving Circle can access exclusive virtual events. Next up: Mark Graham, Director of the Wayback Machine, for a conversation around the Internet Archive & journalism!
To access this event & other perks, join our Monthly Giving Circle: blog.archive.org/2024/06/03/j...
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I uploaded to an educational computer game dev company document I've waited for for years: SUPERBOOTS Business Plan (1984) archive.org/details/supe...
Superboots lab was at the Capital Children's Museum in D.C., sponsored by Atari. Its 1st (only?) program was PAINT! for Atari 8-bits.
If only the DDoS attack we faced looked as intriguing as the viruses in our Malware Museum...
Check out the collection, as featured in our Best of the Archive newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Yes, we're under a DDoS attack, but we're still rolling with our Public Domain Movie Night this Friday! Watch "Show People" starring Marion Davies. 🎬🍿 Come support and enjoy! 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/marion-dav...
Sorry to say, archive.org is under a ddos attack. The data is not affected, but most services are unavailable.
We are working on it & will post updates in comments.
Interested in the effects of disinformation on democracy? Join our VIRTUAL with BARBARA McQUADE, author of the NYT bestseller ATTACK FROM WITHIN. Co-hosted with Authors Alliance.
📅 June 6
⏰ 10am PT / 1pm ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
Why is The Wayback Machine so important for preserving our digital culture? According to new analysis from Pew Research Center:
❌ 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible
❌ 23% of news webpages contain at least one broken link
🔗 www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
📣 If you’re in the Bay Area this afternoon, come celebrate the 10th anniversary of Authors Alliance, featuring a keynote from Cory Doctorow! Tickets are still available 🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/authorship...
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I'll never forget my dinner with Brewster Kahle (and other brilliant folks) at the Internet Archive Canada headquarters. I am so inspired.
🌐 Ever wonder what happens to .gov websites before & after presidential elections? We archive them!
Help our team preserve US government info by nominating sites today 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...
The story of how conglomeration has reshaped the publishing industry & the books we read is a fascinating & cautionary tale that continues to be written to this day. Learn more from our with BIG FICTION author & 👉 archive.org/details/big-...
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our occasional reminder that pretty much every video game magazine ever has been scanned and is browsable on
@archive.org . It's an incredible resource:
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Explore your dream destination (like the streets of Osaka pictured here) with our collection of Street Scenes from 160 cities worldwide, all from the comfort of home. Check out this month’s Best of the Archive newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
When the Harkness Eye Institute moved after 90+ years, the fate of the library within was in question. Some materials moved, but not the large runs of bound, print journals. That's when our donations team sprang into action to help preserve these useful materials 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/05/06/e...
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I have uploaded yesterday's show to the Live Music Archive. Check out Paint It Black, an eclipse song if ever I heard one. The link is below.
NEXT WEEK: Join our chat between authors & 📚 In BIG FICTION, Sinykin explores how changes in the publishing industry have affected fiction, literary form & what it means to be an author.
📅 Thurs, May 9 @ 10am PT / 1pm ET
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-...
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Tortoise has 175 shows going back to 1992 for your listening pleasure at
I just found out kind of by accident that a Tortoise/Sea & Cake show I saw thirty fucking years ago is just out there on the internet for me to listen to whenever I want. archive.org/details/Tort...
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Thanks to for the pointer to this excavation of Psyche Pscene, a late 60's early 70's independent zine published here in Chicago
jessejarnow.com/2024/04/psyc...
🗣️ Free range archivist Jason Scott takes Whisper, the open source speech recognition project, out for a spin on 5+ years worth of his weekly podcasts, preserved on archive.org ▶️ blog.archive.org/2024/04/28/t...
In the Archive, embracing your inner child is always encouraged! Give it a try by parsing through this collection of Chuck E. Cheese merchandise from the 90s and early aughts. This and more in our April Best of the Archive Newsletter: mailchi.mp/archive.org/...
Move over Mickey...Let's give a round of applause to Tigger, who also moved into the public domain this year, thanks to his debut in 1928's "The House at Pooh Corner" 📚🐯 Read, remix, and share for free! archive.org/details/the-...
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Because that's not the law in the US? In any case, it's not the libraries themselves that make Public Lending Right payments in the UK, the money comes from central government.
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Today, we filed our final brief in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the publishers’ lawsuit against our library. For four years we've been fighting for library rights—what our founder, Brewster Kahle, calls “a battle for the soul of libraries in the digital age.” 👉 blog.archive.org/2024/04/19/i...
If you missed yesterday's book talk with authors Aram Sinnreich () & Jesse Gilbert () about their new book, THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA, facilitated by tech scholar Laura DeNardis, the session recording is now available: archive.org/details/the-...
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Please read this clear and important thread on how preposterous the arguments are against and its important project of digitizing books for you and for posterity.
Summary: there's no case of harm caused by the Archive's work.
Thanks
Tomorrow, #InternetArchive will file their reply brief in the suit from major #publishers to end the right of IA and all #libraries to own and preserve spyware-free digital #books.
Reading what they’re replying to, we’ve gotta ask:
Who is the real “Napster” here?
A thread.
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In case you missed 's and my livestreamed talk about our forthcoming book THE SECRET LIFE OF DATA, moderated by Laura DeNardis and hosted by & , here's the full video: archive.org/details/the-...
