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Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job by wtbob on Sunday February 01, 2015 @11:04AM (#8980348)
The Internet archive is a 501c(3) corporation, isn't it?

As an aside, its new interface is utterly terrible with JavaScript turned off.

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Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job by acdha on Sunday February 01, 2015 @12:05PM (#8980671)
> The Internet archive is a 501c(3) corporation, isn't it?

That's just the way the US tax code labels it. The main distinction is that as a non-profit, single-purpose organization the Internet Archive exists only to archive things and isn't subject to changing shareholder whims or takeovers.

It's much easier to imagine e.g. Google getting pressure to drop Google Books if it was deemed unprofitable.

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Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job by briandear on Sunday February 01, 2015 @01:34PM (#8981049)
Why would you turn off JavaScript?
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Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job by Figs on Sunday February 01, 2015 @02:59PM (#8981402)
Security and better performance on cheap hardware are two reasons I turn it off by default and only enable it when I really need it.
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Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job by textfiles on Monday February 02, 2015 @08:41PM (#8988393)
You should turn it on when browsing archive.org - you'll really need it.
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