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> What Google is doing by refusing to publish the archive or even share it with parties like the Internet Archive is completely unjustifiable and anathema to ev
by DaiPlusPlus 6y ago
> What Google is doing by refusing to publish the archive or even share it with parties like the Internet Archive is completely unjustifiable and anathema to everything they once stood for.
Couldn't a copyright claim (or something under the GDPR or UK's DPA) be used to regain access to those though?
Just because something is published to a public forum doesn't mean you relinquish your rights.
- wahern 6y agoCopyright is a legal mechanism for restricting others from making copies, not for demanding they make copies for you. Off hand I'm unaware of any general legal mechanism to accomplish that outside of a contract or promise.
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoThat’s why I suggested the DPA which does allow for rightsholders to request copies of data pertinent to themselves - I’d argue that usenet postings would fall under that scope.
- erik_seaberg 6y agoDoesn't that just create an incentive to destroy the archive before GDPR authorities can shake them down over it?
- DaiPlusPlus 6y agoPerhaps - but it also creates an incentive for companies to destroy inappropriately-held and collected personal data they have no business possessing. The DPA isn’t new - it was created in 1988 - and UK ISPs had Usenet/NNTP servers long after that.