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Internet Archive Responds to Record Labels in 78s Lawsuit: Stop Playing “Hide-The-Ball” ➡️
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🚨 What happens if the Internet Archive goes dark? From KQED's new podcast, Close All Tabs, digital librarian @npub1ftlr...3e6s talks about the challenges of preserving digital history, and why the Internet Archive’s mission matters more than ever. 🎧 Listen now:
🔗 Websites vanish. Links break. But knowledge can live on with your help. Use the Wayback Machine’s Save Page Now tool to archive webpages that are important to you. 🕰️ 💾 📌 Try it now: web.archive.org/save image
🎞️ Home movies capture the moments that define our lives—family gatherings, celebrations, everyday joys. Yet, these irreplaceable films are vanishing due to time, neglect & decay.⁠ ⁠ In our latest Vanishing Culture essay, archivist Rick Prelinger explores why preserving home movies matters, how digital scanning is revolutionizing access, and why no film should be left unscanned.⁠ 🕳️ #VanishingCulture
Current Affairs magazine demonstrates that you don't need paywalls for sustainability. 🧱 By embracing a model of free access and reader support, the publication is thriving without locking away knowledge. Learn how:
Websites vanish, formats decay, and history gets lost. On the No Way Out podcast, mark Graham (@npub1sy2l...wuw5)—a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a key figure at the Internet Archive & its Wayback Machine—breaks down the challenges of preserving digital history. What does it take to save knowledge in the digital age? 🎧 Listen now: https://www.aglx.com/no-way-out/ image
Consumers are being sold an illusion of ownership. "Buy" a digital movie, an e-book, or a game today? Tomorrow, it could vanish. 🕳️ Senator Ron Wyden is calling on the FTC to crack down on this digital "bait-and-switch." Read the letter & learn what's at stake in our latest post ➡️
New interview with Wayback Machine director Mark Graham from Democracy Now: