The NYT doesn’t seem to dislike the Internet Achive specifically. They just want to protect their content from AI scrapers.
I’m not sure what the solution is, but I know any legislation that would address it likely won’t be around until one or both sites go under.
9point6@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I feel like this has been one of my soapbox things for a while now, but
Americans, the Internet Archive and Wikipedia stand as two of the biggest contributions to human knowledge preservation in all of history. To lose either would be a huge backslide for us as a civilization, and it never really seemed like a genuine threat until recent events over there.
I know there’s a lot of other shit going on right now, but you must do what you can to ensure both are able to continue their work.
MagicShel@lemmy.zip 56 minutes ago
America is currently run by chaos goblins, and frankly even in the post-Trump era, it’s likely that the right will remain chaos goblins for some time. Given that we have only two parties, our policies are bound to be volatile.
In light of that, I would strongly recommend other nations step up with alternatives to function as a backup to American institutions that the world has come to rely on. Think of us as a close friend with sudden-onset schizophrenia and act accordingly.
Sturgist@lemmy.ca 2 hours ago
It’s not the public. It’s the corporate copyright and IP holders. Because why should preservation efforts be allowed when the rights holders are letting the IP rot, and sometimes actively deleting source code?
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
It’s not that Americans are against either of these per se; it’s that they’re indifferent. Ignoring people brainwashed against the right-wing propaganda against Wikipedia, sane Americans largely take Wikipedia for granted. I don’t mean that bitterly; I mean that it’s been there for 25 years, its quality is better than ever, finances are good, and everyday people therefore don’t consider how unstable its position really is and how irreplaceable it is.
As for the IA, sample 1000 American adults. I’ll bet you five or fewer could tell you what the hell an “Internet Archive” is.
reksas@sopuli.xyz 38 minutes ago
if we cant protect them, we didnt deserve them in the first place.