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Wayback machine is just like a library, one that will keep history of internet for years to come. You have content there, similar to how a library has books.
by tehlike 8y ago
Wayback machine is just like a library, one that will keep history of internet for years to come. You have content there, similar to how a library has books.
Shutting down wayback machine will not benefit society, keeping it open and supporting it will.
Edit: If this was a sarcasm that i didn't get as another poster pointed out, ignore above message.
- ghaff 8y agoA library has physical books that they can lend out one at a time, which anyone is allowed to do under first sale doctrine. They can't, however, scan a book and put it on the internet for everyone to look at at the same time. The Wayback Machine is a great resource and relatively few people are going to object to things that they themselves (or their predecessors) put online in public being archived. And the Wayback Machine protects themselves by bending over backwards to remove anything a site owner decides they don't want to be archived. There are some special exemptions to copyright for libraries but they're probably not relevant in the context of the Wayback Machine. If I create a site called the "Library of Great Comic Strips" I shouldn't be surprised if copyright owners ask me to take their strips off. ADDED: To be clear I fully support The Wayback Machine even if what they do isn't really covered by copyright exceptions for archives. "Library" isn't a magical superpower with resect to copyright.