Why The Internet Archive Is In Danger Right Now...

Hello guys and gals, it's me Mutahar again! This time we revisit the infamous lawsuit between the Internet Archive against various book publishers that threatens the preservation of the biggest archive of the Internet. While this is the complete fault of the Internet Archive, their continued appeals don't look to beneifical for fair use and preservation if they keep up the uphill battle against large publishers. Thanks for watching!
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[LMF]

The internet archive has been under constant attack from: Book publishers, music publishers, game publishers, controversial figures who don't want their things documented, and a lot of governments. If that doesn't tell you that it's a necessity I don't know what would

[bruhgod]

Erasing Human history should be considered to be one of the worst crimes possible.

[ImmaLittlePip]

This is the equivalent of the burning of the library of Alexandria

[stardust_spreader]

I feel like organizations like Internet Archive should be exempt from getting endangered like this. Leave the media preservers alone!

[charliecharlie]

So internet archive decides to distribute copyrighted books for students around the world during one of humanities most recent crises and they’re in the wrong. What a messed up world.

[villagernumber]

Archiving and historical importance should automatically be fair dealing/fair use.

[RILDIGITAL]

The Internet Archive is an invaluable resource. While copyright laws must be respected, it is essential to protect and preserve the vast wealth of information it hosts. The lawsuits could be catastrophic for the maintenance of our internet history.

[feloniousbutterfly]

Preserving human history is far more important than corporate ownership of media. When will we embrace this!?

[AmberCommentsThings]

Remember: Piracy is a perfectly moral practice when companies act like this

[misterkefir]

Copyright laws are absolute cancer on real human culture. People copied, riffed on, been "inspired" by every single human work since history began. Culture LITERALLY wouldn't exist without all these things being available and possible to do.

It's all just beyond fucked.

[williamthatsmyname]

The funny thing is, these are the very same publishers who charge hundreds if not thousands of dollars for college textbooks. And they release "new" versions every other year, to prevent you from buying secondhand books.

[sidex]

If the internet archive is down, that's the end of the Information Age...

[brubrusuryoutube]

just cusually heading towards dystopia and no one is actually reacting... love this, thanks muta for covering these things

[OuterGalaxyLounge]

They literally have ancient trade publications on there that can't be found anywhere else and have been essential for research on a book I have been researching for years. Our system is a complete disgrace.

[UnusualTopHat]

I swear, attacking the Internet Archive should be illegal...

[cymes]

Copyright law really needs a major overhaul - first it got disfigured beyond recognition by the Disney legal team (there's no reason for it to extend to 100+ years ) and now it affects everything.

[Raddish-Is-Radd]

Somebody better Archive internet Archive

[Harpeia]

Corporations these days would see a person on the bus looking at the titles of the newspaper of the person in front of them and sue them for reading without buying. We were warned of this in the far past. Nobody believed it would happen.

[tadeusticeghostal]

My God, this future of no physical media and the possibility not having access to stuff absolutely sucks. That's an understatement.

Stop this train, I want to get off.

[forkittens]

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”
~Ash Ketchum