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I'm sure they'd be willing to decentralize it if there was a good way to do that. Maybe this can be done with something like IPFS [0]. [0] https://ipfs.io/ htt
by dbrereton 6y ago
I'm sure they'd be willing to decentralize it if there was a good way to do that. Maybe this can be done with something like IPFS [0].
[0] https://ipfs.io/ https://ipfs.io/
- caslon 6y agoAlready exists, guys. You're late to the party. https://dweb.archive.org/archive.html?identifier=home https://dweb.archive.org/archive.html?identifier=home
- Black101 6y agoYes, they have very good intentions right now, but what if the leader gets hit by a bus.
- musicale 6y agoPresumably it would be be acquired, paywalled, and monetized by a private equity firm (or some suitably hostile intellectual property rightsholder organization) before going bankrupt and shutting down for good. Thanks for an incredible journey.
- whanamura 6y agoGood thing is Internet Archive is a nonprofit, so cannot be acquired.
- konjin 6y agoWikipedia is a not for profit and it's still been acquired, just by people who are insane instead of rich. Until everyone can own their own copy and moderate it the dream of an open network is just that: a dream.
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- zucker42 6y agoThe amount of data is absolutely insane.
- whanamura 6y agoThe Internet Archive already stores some big public domain data sets in IPFS/Filecoin: Prelinger Films & Librivox audiobooks. They've been partnering with Protocol Labs for 5 years. https://blog.archive.org/2020/10/22/what-information-should-we-be-preserving-in-filecoin/ https://blog.archive.org/2020/10/22/what-information-should-...