Internet Archive Pirates | 2005
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By 2005, the Internet Archive had established itself as a digital library with the mission of "universal access to all knowledge." However, as it expanded beyond the to include books, software, and audio, it ran into the "analog" restrictions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) . The label of "pirates" emerged primarily from two fronts: internet archive pirates 2005
So they became digital buccaneers. They copied first and defended later under a radical interpretation of "Fair Use" and archival exemption. This public link is valid for 7 days
In 2023, a U.S. District Court Judge ruled against the Internet Archive, stating that the organization’s scanning and lending of in-copyright books did not qualify as "fair use". The court rejected the argument that CDL was a protected library activity. Can’t copy the link right now
Who else remembers the glory days of the "Live Music Archive" and the Open Source Movies section?
