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by convolvatron 219 days ago
And Brewster Kahle's notions about culture and information sharing start well before the Internet Archive. In theory one could pick and choose, but this is Brewster's life-long passion project. The man even outfitted a van with a printer and a binder to distribute physical books for free.

It's very strange to insist that he _not_ push the boundaries of copyright law for the common good. without that you wouldn't have had the Wayback machine in the first place.

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> It's very strange to insist that he _not_ push the boundaries of copyright law for the common good

He as an individual can keep pushing whatever he wants. Just keep IA out of it.