Imnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-218 days agoOver 500,000 books have been removed from the Internet Archive's lending library due to the publishers' lawsuit 😞xcancel.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1133arrow-down10
arrow-up1133arrow-down1external-linkOver 500,000 books have been removed from the Internet Archive's lending library due to the publishers' lawsuit 😞xcancel.comImnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-218 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·18 days agono worries, use library genesis and anna’s archive. seed some of the torrents if you can. also if you have spare server space, run the archiveteam warrior to help them archive the modern internet.
minus-squareImnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-218 days agoI’m really concerned about the other content on the Internet Archive, including old games, movies, music, software, and the Wayback Machine. The precedent this lawsuit sets could be very damaging to digital media preservation everywhere.
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·17 days agolike burning the library of alexandria. fuck these people. fortunately there are backups and individuals can help out with archiving them.
no worries, use library genesis and anna’s archive. seed some of the torrents if you can.
also if you have spare server space, run the archiveteam warrior to help them archive the modern internet.
I’m really concerned about the other content on the Internet Archive, including old games, movies, music, software, and the Wayback Machine. The precedent this lawsuit sets could be very damaging to digital media preservation everywhere.
like burning the library of alexandria. fuck these people.
fortunately there are backups and individuals can help out with archiving them.