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by toomuchtodo
501 days ago
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On the contrary, the fact that a single person's charitable digital archive can stand toe to toe with a global superpower's archival efforts is a sign that success is possible. We may see things differently though, and that's fine. Would I want to fund NARA and LOC more? Or the Internet Archive? I prefer the latter. Checks and balances. I have donated $10 on your behalf (in addition to my annual donations). (lots of good people at NARA and the LOC, but they are subject to the whims of the US electorate, which is not great; the Internet Archive is not) |
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For the record my opinion is that they need to focus on archival and with a few tweaks could make it safe for more users to upload more material. Going legit archive (as their name implies) instead of hiding behind the DMCA and playing high-stakes poker with copyright law would also make it possible for more entities to provide direct support.
I also disagree that NARA and LoC is subject to whims of the electorate. The Library of Congress is set up to serve, well, Congress. Who funds it. Lotta barriers to cross there, even in these weird times.
I'll take that risk over one guy with limited governance who seems genuinely surprised that he keeps gets hacked and sued. There's a chance the whole thing goes away because he couldn't resist serving up free Frank Sinatra records and got hit with a $621 million lawsuit after he thrice refused to take the stuff down.