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I try to understand how this is legal ? I mean: what is the difference between Archive.org and any other torrent website ? Aren't they both preserving the cult
by rvnx 6y ago
I try to understand how this is legal ?
I mean: what is the difference between Archive.org and any other torrent website ?
Aren't they both preserving the culture ?
Archive.org is doing 20M USD in revenue, lot of people are getting paid in the process, and suppliers as well, it's not like they are working for nothing.
They just don't have investors (but can have big salaries).
Genuinely wondering because I saw that you can download games there too (and some are still under commercial exploitation).
- SeeManDo 6y agoSsshh!
- rvnx 6y ago?
- MaxBarraclough 6y agoI think they're agreeing with you. There's no obvious reason this should be considered fair use. Last time I checked, Archive.org also host ROMs of various copyrighted Nintendo games. Nintendo are famously litigious so I'm not sure how long that is likely to continue.
- userbinator 6y agoI believe they are officially recognised as a legal library, which has some positive implications on what they can do with copyrighted material.
- dredmorbius 6y agoArchive.org are a registered library: https://archive.org/about/ https://archive.org/about/