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They're Trying to Kill the Internet Archive (and Wayback Machine). The Internet Archive Needs Your Help.

Posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jun 03, 2024

Digital book-burning

If lawsuits weren't enough of a nuisance to the Internet Archive, a vast digital library that's available to all for free, now there are DDoS attacks too (familiar trend; it destroys decent sites by increasing the cost of running them). 4 years ago I explained why that site is so important and I did this video about it.

It's rather sad if not ironic that the Internet Archive requires JavaScript to make a donation (because JavaScript tends to get in the way of archiving). But if you can afford some giveaway/s to a worthy cause, go ahead and help. Perhaps you can go donate to the Internet Archive. Just enable JavaScript first.

Brewster Kahle, a recent keynote speaker at the FSF's event (which now fails to record talks and has not uploaded anything yet), explains why:

Why donate to the Internet Archive

No, I could not copy the text above. JavaScript gets in the way. They ought to correct this. The page source contains no text. █