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Can you explain how an organization that calls itself an archive gets treated differently than another organization under US law? I'm not aware of any exemptio

Can you explain how an organization that calls itself an archive gets treated differently than another organization under US law? I'm not aware of any exemptions for archival.

homarp 7y ago
they don't, per https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360014759692-Rights https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360014759692-Righ... what they will do though is keep it in their archive and a) put it online waiting for some entites to complain. b) if someone does complain and it's a valid complain, the content will be 'offlined', but still avail in their archive. The day it becomes 'legal', they'll put it back online. for old software, cf what they are doing for the Apple 2, where flux images of the disks are archived https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_apple_woz https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_apple_woz Old manuals are scanned too https://archive.org/details/savetz_stacks https://archive.org/details/savetz_stacks
- sterwill 7y ago
  Thanks for the links. I'm a big fan of the Internet Archive. I browse their content regularly for fun, and have even contributed one old (1990s!) piece of software.
- bane 7y ago
  The savetz_stacks are by Kevin Savetz, one of the hosts of the ANTIC Atari 8-bit podcast, which has had hundreds of incredible interviews with people from across the 8-bit computing industry. Totally worth listening to.
zozbot234 7y ago
Section 108 of U.S. copyright law has relatively broad exceptions for libraries and archives. Note that this is strictly about preservation, not making the content available to the general public (per sibling comment). However, preservation also enables worthwhile things like formal academic research, etc. that in turn gets broad exemptions due to fair use.
- sterwill 7y ago
  Thanks, I wasn't familiar with section 108. The restrictions look pretty tight on redistribution, though. I guess it all comes down to who the "allowed users" are in your original comment as to whether they're compliant.

Can you explain how an organization that calls itself an archive gets treated differently than another organization under US law? I'm not aware of any exemptions for archival.

homarp 7y ago

they don't, per https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360014759692-Rights https://help.archive.org/hc/en-us/articles/360014759692-Righ... what they will do though is keep it in their archive and a) put it online waiting for some entites to complain. b) if someone does complain and it's a valid complain, the content will be 'offlined', but still avail in their archive. The day it becomes 'legal', they'll put it back online. for old software, cf what they are doing for the Apple 2, where flux images of the disks are archived https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_apple_woz https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_apple_woz Old manuals are scanned too https://archive.org/details/savetz_stacks https://archive.org/details/savetz_stacks

sterwill 7y ago
Thanks for the links. I'm a big fan of the Internet Archive. I browse their content regularly for fun, and have even contributed one old (1990s!) piece of software.
bane 7y ago
The savetz_stacks are by Kevin Savetz, one of the hosts of the ANTIC Atari 8-bit podcast, which has had hundreds of incredible interviews with people from across the 8-bit computing industry. Totally worth listening to.

zozbot234 7y ago

Section 108 of U.S. copyright law has relatively broad exceptions for libraries and archives. Note that this is strictly about preservation, not making the content available to the general public (per sibling comment). However, preservation also enables worthwhile things like formal academic research, etc. that in turn gets broad exemptions due to fair use.

sterwill 7y ago
Thanks, I wasn't familiar with section 108. The restrictions look pretty tight on redistribution, though. I guess it all comes down to who the "allowed users" are in your original comment as to whether they're compliant.