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The Internet Archive was never sold to a third party. That's the point: they've always retained control of their company and therefore their vision.
by phailhaus 3y ago
The Internet Archive was never sold to a third party. That's the point: they've always retained control of their company and therefore their vision.
- toomuchtodo 3y agoWell, you've gotten to the crux of it. Stop trusting culture to for profit companies who will be flipped as soon as majority stakeholders get a whiff of "cash me out." Brewster Kahle takes the role of the Internet Archive and its mission very seriously. It has been organized in a manner to defend against this peril and will survive a custodian transition. https://winners.webbyawards.com/2017/specialachievement/130/internet-archive https://winners.webbyawards.com/2017/specialachievement/130/... https://archive.org/details/2017-Webby-award-video https://archive.org/details/2017-Webby-award-video “The Internet Archive…is building a home for Universal Access to All Knowledge, open to everyone, everywhere, to use as they like. Open to all societies of the future that care to build on our triumphs and learn from our mistakes.” -- Lawrence Lessig, narrator EDIT: TLDR Build public goods if motivated and resourced, defend them through legal, logical, physical, and technological controls.
- nijjle 3y ago[flagged]