Comment on Reddit will block the Internet Archive
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 1 day agoI know the EU has different (stricter) laws and that they vary between states. (Germany being particularly awful)
There is however some complicated form of fair use policy.
If the IA hosts music and books that might be problematic.
But I’m talking about archived webpages and information previously available to the public with zero commercial value that has been removed.
And this includes American sites.
General_Effort@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
It is still “intellectual property”. Maybe the policy is to just oblige removal requests if the content doesn’t seem to be of public interest. Cause why not, right? Look at all the people here on Lemmy angry that their worthless posts are scraped or deleting them on Reddit. Obliging takedown requests is certainly the path of least resistance.
Bloomcole@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
I suppose that could be it.
For some reason I had the idea everything on there would stay there forever like valuable artefacts in a museum to be studied by future generations.
Thanks again.