[karasinski]

The Archive is also legally a library, which allows them to get away with a lot of things that companies cannot.

[gwern]

Also, doesn't the IA have specific privileges given it by Congressional legislation at some point? I seem to recall that coming up in abandonware discussions.

[ivank]

https://archive.org/about/dmca.php - it looks like the exemptions applied to everyone, for 3 years at least.