[HN] Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and I have an idea
[HN] Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and I have an idea
It's time for us to get serious about saving the history of the Internet
[ comments | sourced from HackerNews ]
Article has lots of history and context, but the meat of the article is these last 3 paragraphs:
My thinking is that frequent partner The Library of Congress can put a stop to this by buying the Internet Archive. Make it a government body and protect all that digital content. I think these lawyers may be less inclined to sue the US Federal government.
The LOC already preserves Tweets (at least it did, I have no idea what it's doing about Xes) because of their historical significance. Are websites and how we wrote and talked online about the world around us any less important? Clearly, the Internet Archive's other work with books, music, photos, and Web videos dovetails neatly with the Library of Congress' core objectives. Acquiring the Internet Archive and saving it all just makes sense.
This needs to happen now before the Internet Archive loses these suits and it's just too late.