• jeffw@lemmy.worldOPM
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    4 months ago

    So much of that stuff is public domain material, at least the older stuff like those films and some of the books

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      4 months ago

      Right, but my worry was that if the IA went down, no one would be archiving it that didn’t have a commercial interest.

      A large amount of the Prelinger Archives have been uploaded to YouTube. Which is great as a backup, but the IA is a noncommercial entity. I do not want for-profits controlling such archives. I’m glad that’s not a worry, at least not for now.