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Indeed, the Wayback Machine is an invaluable resource, more and more so as older sites drop off the net. But hosting, for example, multiple complete MAME ROM s
by robinsonb5 4y ago
Indeed, the Wayback Machine is an invaluable resource, more and more so as older sites drop off the net.
But hosting, for example, multiple complete MAME ROM sets (and the existence of turnkey - albeit non-commercial - products which download them automatically) is in a completely different category from the Wayback Machine - and it would be a shame if the former was endangered by the latter.
- Ekaros 4y agoI think there is quite a bit difference between archiving stuff. And making it publicly available. The first one make lot of sense, even if technically the content does not follow copyright laws. But there is important cultural history with it that should be considered. But on other side, maybe access should be limited in someways.
- ghaff 4y agoThe problem is that an Internet Archive where you you have to show up at some building in the Bay Area during office hours to access the archive is quite a bit less valuable than the archive in its current form.