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Re:Sony and other music labels sue Internet Archive for digi... by malermeister on Sunday August 13, 2023 @09:46AM (#37110003)
Who is it being preserved for and why? For a select few, as a bragging point? Or for y'know, all of humanity to preserve their heritage?

If knowledge and culture aren't accessible to the vast majority of people, they're not being preserved for humanity. They're locked away from humanity and they might as well be fully gone.

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Re:Sony and other music labels sue Internet Archive for digi... by kmlx on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @10:02AM (#37134143)
with this comment you're basically dismissing most museums, universities, archives, etc etc
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Re:Sony and other music labels sue Internet Archive for digi... by malermeister on Tuesday August 15, 2023 @12:04PM (#37135615)
Are museums not publicly accessible? That's their whole point as far as I'm aware.
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