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

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Post by miroljub »

immibis wrote: post #131
rzerowan wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Evenn though its onelayer down - the same tactics that were used to suspend/takeover domains would still apply , at the end of the day one still has to get the IPv4/IPv6 address from someone(who can be coerced).

When Trump pressures RIPE NCC or APNIC to deregister an IP address block, that's the end of the internet as we know it, and the return to national networks with very limited interconnection. Even Russia still has address registrations despite being sanctioned. Alternatively they pressure USA ISPs to block the addresses. That's already regularly done but it probably won't be enough to satisfy the extortion industrial…

> When Trump pressures RIPE NCC or APNIC to deregister an IP address block

sed "/Trump/US-Govt/g"

Why do people here always casually single out Trump? He's not an outlier, it's just how US foreign policy has worked for centuries.

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

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Post by integralid »

cassepipe wrote: post #172
flipped wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better have a .onion. It's almost impossible to seize and you control the keys. YOU ARE THE OWNER, not some for-profit registrar. Onions should be the default, it's secure (you own the keys), decentralized and far better than relying on CAs for encryption.

How are we supposed to discover official .onion adresses though ? Is there some kind of DNS for that ?

The same way you discover official clearnet domain names, i.e. by using a search engine, getting url from a friend, etc.

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

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Post by GuinansEyebrows »

blell wrote: post #180
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.

Kiwifarms is also a notable web site but they do not show a link to it. This means there is editorialisation going on.

reasonably explained by the chasm of difference in intent and impact between anna's archive and kiwifarms

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

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Post by aleph_minus_one »

lukan wrote: post #177
mmooss wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Archiving it and publishing it are different things. More importantly, they may sabotage their mission: If Spotify shuts them down, their exiting archives and especially future archives may be effectively lost.

Fortunately, Spotify does not have that power. Annas Archive is not based in US or EU jurisdictions. They can make access for normal people a bit harder, but not shut it down. (Edited for clarity)

> Fortunately, Spotify does not have that power. They are not based in US or EU jurisdictions.

Perhaps I misunderstood something, but according to my understanding

1. Spotify is registered in Luxembourg and has its operational headquarter in Sweden (Stockholm). Both are EU countries.

2. I guess it won't be Spotify that sues, but the individual music labels (very likely united).

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

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Post by yaur »

azinman2 wrote: post #186
NetMageSCW wrote: post #123

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They didn’t come anywhere close to the entire content library, the 300TB represents about 33% of Spotify, though it is close to 100% of the played music.

Kind of nuts that 66% of their library is virtually unplayed. It’s hard to make it as a musician.

It is ridiculously easy to create an album with Suno and push it Spotify. I'm surprised its only 66% TBH

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

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Post by krick »

koheripbal wrote: post #95
hliyan wrote: post #13

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.…

To add a little context, this suspension comes immediately after Anna's Archive publicly implicated themselves in the Spotify scraping "hack" in which they downloaded nearly the entire content library of Spotify and was preparing to release it publicly (~300TB worth) via torrent. They published a blog post outlining their plans.

Yeah, obviously I don't know if it is actually related, but my first thought when I couldn't open it today was "Told you so"...

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

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Post by [deleted] »

sanskritical wrote: post #61
flipped wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Better have a .onion. It's almost impossible to seize and you control the keys. YOU ARE THE OWNER, not some for-profit registrar. Onions should be the default, it's secure (you own the keys), decentralized and far better than relying on CAs for encryption.

Tor and I2P are great technologies. ZLibrary, for example, runs an excellent Tor hidden service and it is usually the most reliable way to access news from the site. However, this did not remain true for a while when two of the operators were arrested. Tor and I2P require you to have infrastructure online. The point of "check Wikipedia for news" is that you can have something persist even if you do not have your serv…

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

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Post by nashashmi »

squigz wrote: post #121
koheripbal wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To add a little context, this suspension comes immediately after Anna's Archive publicly implicated themselves in the Spotify scraping "hack" in which they downloaded nearly the entire content library of Spotify and was preparing to release it publicly (~300TB worth) via torrent. They published a blog post outlining their plans.

https://annas-archive.li/blog/backing-up-spotify.html

> For now this is a torrents-only archive aimed at preservation, but if there is enough interest, we could add downloading of individual files to Anna’s Archive. Please let us know if you’d like this.

If it is torrents only, what relevance does unregistering the domain make?

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

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Post by chrisjj »

tokai wrote: post #182
chrisjj wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There is no requirement for a non-profit organisation to be registered.

There is. Without a legal framework its just an association that claims not to make a profit. This is all word games though as be clearly don't agree on the definition of a non-profit organization.

> There is.

No. In UK, many an unregistered association is a non-profit e.g. sports clubs, volunteer groups, societies.

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