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Re:The Internet Archive is waging war on misinformation by OrgNet on Thursday September 19, 2019 @09:28PM (#21022498)
> There is an argument to be made that archival and distribution are two different things.

of course download and upload are 2 different things...

which is why Torrent users often get emails about their download activities...

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Re:The Internet Archive is waging war on misinformation by afiori on Friday September 20, 2019 @06:36AM (#21025125)
This meaning that a closed archive is still a valuable archive.

(For torrents I believe that there is (in many jurisdictions) a presumption that if you are downloading torrents then you are automatically guilty of distributions; similarly how in many places being drunk in a turned off car can be sufficient for a DUI)

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