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This might be an unpopular opinion, but here goes anyways. I know there are some on HN that share this unpopular opinion. The IA treated this situation and dec
by iJohnDoe 6y ago
This might be an unpopular opinion, but here goes anyways. I know there are some on HN that share this unpopular opinion.
The IA treated this situation and decision like they’ve treated all their decisions. They archive data without permission. They share this archived data without permission. They have no official instructions on how to remove data from their archive. There are some flimsy instructions about robot rules, but it’s not clear if they work.
Not everyone agrees to have their old forum posts, yahoo posts and other info from the early days of the Internet still available in an archive that’s searchable by the government, employers, etc.
- a1369209993 6y agoYes, that's what a library is. We don't give book-burners a pass just because they pressured the author into agreeing with them. Why should we make a exception just because it's a website being destroyed rather than a book?