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The very nature of archive suggests they will be filed away and forgotten by most — just as much of archive.org's content already is. I personally love it but i
by devindotcom 12y ago
The very nature of archive suggests they will be filed away and forgotten by most — just as much of archive.org's content already is. I personally love it but if you want people to engage with your content, that is not the place to put it. It's like the stacks versus a window display for books — either way they're accessible, but one is for keeping and the other for exposing.
Edit: I hasten to add that a parallel upload would be a great idea, and you should suggest it to Mediakraft, the company handling the material. Their work is ongoing and an archive.org page would be a highly appropriate addition.
- dublinben 12y agoIf they wanted people to engage with their content, they would have licensed it freely. They're just using this as free advertising for their paid licensing project.
- dalek2point3 12y agoNot true. My research suggests that once it has been archives, provided that copyright is not an issue, the material will be reused in useful ways. see: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/mit-economist-heres-how-copyright-laws-impoverish-wikipedia/259970/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2012/07/mit-ec...