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Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Is it likely that the Executive Branch would try to exert control over it to remove "inconvenient" data?

It's a one way street. This provides more access to materials held by the federal gov for ingest into IA's storage system. Bit of a policy interconnect, if you will. Reminder to donate to the Archive.

Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Is it likely that the Executive Branch would try to exert control over it to remove "inconvenient" data?

I've heard it has already happened. Specifically the internet archive removed vidoes of the TempleOS developer Terry Davis' live streams because of problematic content. If the internet archive is already curated for content then yeah there is a 100% chance that there will be more curation of content.

Kiwifarms as well. They are a bit of a pushover when it comes to controversy.

Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine having to delete their 100PB of warez.

Wait til you hear about my local library. You can walk in and read or borrow any book without paying!

Sounds VERY Communist, or Socialist, or some other scary thing. Are you sure it's legal? Why, the AUTHORS and PUBLISHERS are being denied the revenues they would get if you would buy the book; or at least rent it. So, are libraries theft of Authors' and Publishers' renumeration? (And, to think, the richest man in the world at the time, Andrew Carnegie, endowed so many Libraries!)

Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've heard it has already happened. Specifically the internet archive removed vidoes of the TempleOS developer Terry Davis' live streams because of problematic content. If the internet archive is already curated for content then yeah there is a 100% chance that there will be more curation of content.

Kiwifarms as well. They are a bit of a pushover when it comes to controversy.

I thought Archive just removed access, but kept the content. I know that from a user perspective that is a distinction without a difference, but for posterity it matters.

Does anyone have any facts/citations on if this is a myth/coping mechanism I created, or reality?

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post #15

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Kiwifarms as well. They are a bit of a pushover when it comes to controversy.

I thought Archive just removed access, but kept the content. I know that from a user perspective that is a distinction without a difference, but for posterity it matters. Does anyone have any facts/citations on if this is a myth/coping mechanism I created, or reality?

“2023 The Internet Archive, a non-profit research library, makes use of internal processes and tools, including human review and hash-matching, as well as reports from external parties to identify, disable access to, and limit the reappearance of illegal and/or proscribed violent extremist material on archive.org”

https://help.archive.org/help/tco-transparency-reports/

Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Imagine having to delete their 100PB of warez.

Wait til you hear about my local library. You can walk in and read or borrow any book without paying!

Sounds outdated! My library doesnt even require me to walk in anymore, they send any book I want to read or listen to straight to my phone, and if they don't have it I can request they acquire it and send it to me for free

Re: Internet Archive is now a federal depository library

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Back in the days when things were sane my first thought reading this headline would have been: Nice, that‘s sounds official and important. Nowadays my first thought is: Wait, does this mean Trump can mess around with this?

yes trump is on the computer messing around with this
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