Internet Archive

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Internet Archive
@internetarchive
Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the
@waybackmachine
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San Francisco, CAarchive.orgJoined January 2009
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That's correct. Publishers removed '1984' from our library. 🕳️
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Grzegorz Kapelak 🇺🇦🕊
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Orwell warned us about it, but you can't read him now.
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Internet Archive Responds to Appellate Opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive "We are disappointed in today’s opinion about the Internet Archive’s digital lending of books that are available electronically elsewhere. We are reviewing the court’s opinion and will continue to
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Did you know that the Internet Archive has a physical archive that houses millions of books (as in: actual, physical, paper books)? For every book that we lend to users online, we have a physical copy that is preserved in our archive. A 🧵
Internet Archive
@internetarchive
Yes, the Internet Archive is an actual place! We offer tours every Friday at 1pm - stop by the next time you're in the Bay Area.
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Miguel
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Y’know i didn’t think the internet archive was like an actual place
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Jason Scott
@textfiles
Guess what's back. Yes, archive.org and openlibrary.org are back, as well as web.archive.org (Wayback Machine) and all those amazing items. Some of the features are not up yet, but rest assured we're working on it and our tired devs will prevail.
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Jacobin
@jacobin
The Internet Archive, a digital library aiming to make published materials accessible to everyone, is in danger of being shut down by four major publishers. If the publishers are successful, free access to knowledge will be in jeopardy. jacobin.com/2024/02/intern
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📢 The Internet Archive needs your help. At a time when information is being rewritten or erased online, a $700 million lawsuit from major record labels threatens to destroy the Wayback Machine. Tell the labels to drop the 78s lawsuit. 👉 Sign our open letter:
Defend the Internet Archive. Protect the Wayback Machine. Tell the music labels: Drop the 78s lawsuit. Sign our open letter on change.org
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You want your MTV? ⬇️
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Variety
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Internet Archive has assembled a searchable index of 460,575 web pages previously published on MTV's website. You can search the MTV News archive on the organization’s Wayback Machine. bit.ly/4cI0kME
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If you were surprised that the Internet Archive is an actual place, just wait until you find out that we have an actual, physical collection of printed, paper books 🤯 For every book we lend to users online, there's a physical copy preserved in the Physical Archive. A 🧵
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Miguel
@whitejsakai
Y’know i didn’t think the internet archive was like an actual place
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This is why libraries need to be able to own digital media instead of just renting it from corporate landlords…who is preserving these shows?
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Cartoon Brew
@cartoonbrew
HBO Max made a sudden announcement today that it will remove numerous titles THIS WEEK, including lots of animation. Why is the streamer purging its animation library? Why do it without warning mid-month? It's unclear at the moment. Here’s the new list of what’s being removed.
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2/ We use the Scribe, a book scanner our engineers invented, along with the software that it runs. Our scanning centers are located in universities and libraries around the world, from Boston Public Library to the University of Toronto to the Wellcome Library and beyond.
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Latest update (Oct 11, 10:22am PT) ⬇️
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Brewster Kahle
@brewster_kahle
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).
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