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Re:If we lose the Internet Archive, we're screwed – The Stat... by chroma on Thursday April 06, 2023 @11:30AM (#35469717)
The US runs on rule of law, and copyright law has been around for centuries. Many sites that violate copyright laws would be fine if left alone. That doesn’t mean they should be immune from lawsuits.

Everyone was telling the internet archive that this was a dumb idea because it opened them to lawsuits with ruinous fines. Now the chickens are coming home to roost and IA is crying foul.

It can be true that the internet archive is an invaluable store of history while also being true that they made an embarrassing own-goal.

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Re:If we lose the Internet Archive, we're screwed – The Stat... by arvindhmani on Thursday April 06, 2023 @05:15PM (#35474572)
>The US runs on rule of law

Oh you sweet summer child.

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