Re:Never trust a corporation to do a library’s job
by acdha on Sunday February 01, 2015 @12:05PM
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> 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.
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.