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Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by zelphirkalt »

hirako2000 wrote: post #7
miroljub wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Anna Archive is a notable project. Wikipedia displays links to projects. It's not about "being used as DNS" but about providing basic info about the topic, URL being an important part of it.

But this mechanism is used to circumvent DNS blockade. Wikipedia may be next to moderate if they can force DNS providers and even the org registrar to give in, wikipedia could fold too. Then pastebin, never ending cat and mouse game.

DNS is another layer. The URLs shown on Wikipedia will still have to be resolved to IP addresses, which is where DNS comes in. Referring to Wikipedia for the URLs/domains does nothing to circumvent DNS blockades.

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by xandrius »

And that's why helping torrenting and seeding the content of AA is vital: they can take down a domain name but not block everyone who seeds.

I said this before but if you've got some spare GB/TB on a computer/server, consider "donating" it for culture preservation purposes:https://annas-archive.se/torre nts

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by hliyan »

Is this an abuse of the ServerHold status? Was this the same mechanism used to delist a Gaza video archive recently?

> This status code is set by your domain's Registry Operator. Your domain is not activated in the DNS.

> If you provided delegation information (name servers), this status may indicate an issue with your domain that needs resolution. If so, you should contact your registrar to request more information. If your domain does not have any issues, but you need it to resolve in the DNS, you must first contact your registrar in order to provide the necessary delegation information.

https://www.icann.org/resources/pages/epp-status-codes-2014-...

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by xandrius »

Ycros wrote: post #10

yeah no shit, this is what happens when you agitate the major music record labels - it's going to get worse

Yep, let's accept the monstrous industries which lock down culture for money.

I for one support their efforts. The same way we store seeds in vaults deep in the depths of the earth, we should do this for digital content too, and without retaliation from any specific industry.

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by alex1138 »

xandrius wrote: post #14
Ycros wrote: post #10

yeah no shit, this is what happens when you agitate the major music record labels - it's going to get worse

Yep, let's accept the monstrous industries which lock down culture for money. I for one support their efforts. The same way we store seeds in vaults deep in the depths of the earth, we should do this for digital content too, and without retaliation from any specific industry.

Agree with you and I'd also like to see more abuse by said companies punished

They went after Pirate Bay by literally threatening trade war repercussions with Sweden which is far more destructive than any files downloaded

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by sanskritical »

I recommend Anna's Archive get a Nostr account. Once they finally have a solid court order to seize domains, generally the rate at which they get seized accelerates greatly. Nostr is the only decentralized manner (no, Mastodon/fediverse is dependent on domain names, which are getting seized by courts in relation to this -- it is not decentralized at all when it comes down to it) that people can reliably use to have a latest content feed distributed.

"Check Wikipedia to evade the court order" just encourages legal action against Wikipedia. Even linking to copyright violations is, under current court precedent, able to bring civil liability upon third parties. It is draconian and our framers would have considered it a clear First Amendment violation, but unfortunately the current jurisprudence says that is the law.

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Post by jsheard »

hirako2000 wrote: post #15
Ycros wrote: post #10

yeah no shit, this is what happens when you agitate the major music record labels - it's going to get worse

In that case it would be Elsevier and co.

Anna's Archive recently released a dump of the entire Spotify catalogue so they are very much in the music industries crosshairs as well now.

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by hirako2000 »

xandrius wrote: post #14
Ycros wrote: post #10

yeah no shit, this is what happens when you agitate the major music record labels - it's going to get worse

Yep, let's accept the monstrous industries which lock down culture for money. I for one support their efforts. The same way we store seeds in vaults deep in the depths of the earth, we should do this for digital content too, and without retaliation from any specific industry.

What would be better is solve the root problem. These (illegal, somewhat legitimate) hoarding sites are most valuable for research literature which, given the public funding nature of these things should not be gated to begin with.

The comsequence of resolving the symptoms is that illegitimate use piggy back on it. Artistic literature that would legitimately deserve protection get hoarded as well.

Sweating authors of clearly copyrightable arts, typically novels, manuals, are seeing their work accessed free of royalties. For the sake of freely distributing scientific literature.

It makes it impossible to make then distinction given the legitimate utility is operating in a dark domain.

Re: Anna's Archive loses .org domain after surprise suspension

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Post by LightBug1 »

turblety wrote: post #6

Seems like great publicity for Anna's Archive. I've heard an increasing amount about Anna's Archive over the last 12 months. It has popped up a lot. I wonder if they've seen their traffic spike a lot.

Agreed. I'd never heard of it. Now I'll be checking it out with a view to supporting it.
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