[ChrisMarshallNY]

Yup. Thanks for your work.

If we want to preserve something, then it's up to us, to ensure that it's preserved.

If we pay someone else (like you) to do it, then we expect them to preserve it, but not if we aren't paying for it.

That said, preserving stuff; even electronic stuff, is a challenge.

[stavros]

I think the reasonable position here is that it's within Google's rights if they want to take data down, but at least give us warning and an archive of the data. If they'd said "we're going to take all this data down in two months but here's an archive of all of it if anyone wants to download it", I think very few people would have a problem with it.