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by ta3216 2813 days ago
If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it, does it make a noise? If IA is storing copyrighted (noarchive) content but not displaying it, does that make it acceptable?
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Yes, because copyright only lasts for a finite duration. In 100+ years when the original right-holders have disappeared, or when copyright expires and the original right-holders have no incentive to keep the originals; IA archive and similar archiving efforts will be able to make their copies available as a matter of historical importance.
Yes, because then it's saved. One day we'll have a little memory stick that contains the collected and organised works of mankind (all movies, all music, all websites, digitised books, ...) and it'll be thanks to the archivists.
Yes at least in the United State copyright law has exemptions for archival purposes. http://www.ala.org/advocacy/copyright/dmca/section108