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> Don't trust Internet Archive as your only backup method though. Agreed, no doubt about it. > There has been instances where they delete files without warnin
by embedding-shape 2mo ago
> Don't trust Internet Archive as your only backup method though.
Agreed, no doubt about it.
> There has been instances where they delete files without warning with the only explanation being that they don't meet TOS
What sort of content? All the content I've judged to be of public interest and uploaded to Internet Archive, is still online there today. But I'd understand that depending on the type of content, that might not be true for everythibng.
- fragmede 2mo agoit's cop material and the owner asks them via DMCA to take it down
- ChrisRR 2mo agoFrom what I remember it wasn't anything out of the ordinary, like TV shows or software or something. As far as I remember the issue may have been that archive.org already had a copy of what had been uploaded, but they deleted it without warning and then refused to offer an explanation So it may have been a legitimate deletion, but poorly executed