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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

We are one. We are legion. And we're trying really hard not to forget.

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End of Hachette v. Internet Archive (blog.archive.org)

submitted 2 months ago by antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/datahoarder@lemmy.ml

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While we are deeply disappointed with the Second Circuit’s opinion in Hachette v. Internet Archive, the Internet Archive has decided not to pursue Supreme Court review. We will continue to honor the Association of American Publishers (AAP) agreement to remove books from lending at their member publishers’ requests.

We thank the many readers, authors and publishers who have stood with us throughout this fight. Together, we will continue to advocate for a future where libraries can purchase, own, lend and preserve digital books.

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

And shouldn't have courted. More power to them, but this was the wrong hill to fight for.

[–] thingsiplay@beehaw.org 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why this was wrong to fight for.

[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

Pretty much because they couldn't possibly win and set a bad precedent by losing. It's a worthy goal, but it wasn't the right time or country.