From their Form 990: "Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historian

From their Form 990: "Internet Archive was founded in 1996 to build an Internet library with the purpose of offering permanent access for researchers, historians and scholars to historical collections that exist in digital format including texts, audio, movies, images, software and web pages." https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943242767/201803199349317945/IRS990 https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/943... https://www.loc.gov/item/2003541624/ https://www.loc.gov/item/2003541624/ Note that it does not talk about making things publicly downloadable and available to the general public. Archives work this way for a reason. They've increased their scope and changed a bunch of pages as they position toward fundraising and facing lawsuits. From the page you (misquoted): "Our mission is to provide Universal Access to All Knowledge." The first step in doing this is to collect and organize the knowledge. You then provide access gradually and within the law so as not to get sued out of existence. If the law is unclear, you lobby to change it (thus the original post) and/or work with others to expand the law. If you want to bait a hook and risk a lawsuit in hopes of setting case law, you manage the risk. Maybe make 4 albums downloadable instead of 400,000. And if you're arguing for extensions to Controlled Digital Lending, well you better make sure you have your record keeping straight before you make your entire library openly downloadable without restriction. If you insist on responding, please provide a list of these "wins" you're so certain of. I see a tiny staff that does amazing things, assets in the single digit millions, and nearly a billion dollars in liabilities across multiple lawsuits.