The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine

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The internet is ephemeral, with the average life of a web page - before it's changed or deleted - about 100 days. And so, the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has been making backups of websites every day since 1996, with nearly 900 billion pages preserved, available to all. But making books and music freely available has led to several lawsuits brought by record labels and the book publishing industry. Correspondent David Pogue reports.
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@apotatoninja 13 күн бұрын

Protect the internet archive at all costs.

@Moodboard39 5 күн бұрын

okay, captain

@macewindu9100 5 күн бұрын

@@Moodboard39 they're a ninja.

@yungjunkie666 4 күн бұрын

Nah get rid of it

@jcup9313 4 күн бұрын

@@yungjunkie666 my man said, we need a way forward machine, erase the past!

@FurryMLG 3 күн бұрын

They recently purged Kiwi Farms, internet archive is lost...

@TheGreatAtario 11 күн бұрын

If I had my way, the Internet Archive would be a branch of the Library Of Congress and would receive an automatic exemption from any and all copy restrictions

@Nekomosh004 10 күн бұрын

THIS. It should've be a protected site, along with some of the wiki sites perhaps.

@RyanCunningham-tw4wd 8 күн бұрын

Where is the doctrine that says "no man is above the law"?

@TheGreatAtario 8 күн бұрын

@@RyanCunningham-tw4wd Which man is the Library Of Congress, again?

@RyanCunningham-tw4wd 8 күн бұрын

@@TheGreatAtario I am referring to the Internet Archive itself as a corporation and its past, present and future employees individually.

@TheGreatAtario 8 күн бұрын

@@RyanCunningham-tw4wd And what does that have to do with what I said?

@susannpatton2893 14 күн бұрын

He created a internet library. That's fantastic! History saved for real. They will try to bring that down now.

@HobbyOrganist 14 күн бұрын

Unfortunately, there are issues with copyrights on content, and just one lawuit could spell disaster.

@peteranderson037 14 күн бұрын

I applaud the spirit behind what they did with the lending library, but the exact way they did it was destined for legal trouble.

@DurkMcGerk 12 күн бұрын

@@HobbyOrganist this is the stated reason that Caesar gave when he razed the Library of Alexandria

@spottedtime 11 күн бұрын

@@DurkMcGerkthere was copyright laws back in ancient times?

@DurkMcGerk 11 күн бұрын

@@spottedtime little known fact

@GVSQ 10 күн бұрын

So glad major news outlets are covering this vital piece of internet infrastructure.

@balsalmalberto8086 4 күн бұрын

And not just attacking them by going on about copyright law and how this damages the rent seekers life.

@fmachine86 2 күн бұрын

They’ll turn on them as soon as their corporate overlords tell them to.

@omi_god 14 күн бұрын

Do public libraries have to ask publishers' permission to loan books to people? That's what the Internet Archive is doing - it's not SELLING anything - it's just making stuff available to check out, the same as a brick-and-mortar library. I guess the publishers would also be happy to see all of our public libraries closed as well.

@debbiej.2168 13 күн бұрын

Libraries do have to purchase the books.

@omi_god 13 күн бұрын

@@debbiej.2168 The Internet Archive owns physical copies of each book it has on offer, just like a library - that's how they scan them, after all.

@omi_god 13 күн бұрын

@@debbiej.2168 The Internet Archive also purchases the books it scans.

@willbarnhill 12 күн бұрын

@@debbiej.2168Internet Archive either purchases the books they loan, or they receive them as donations. Just as a public library does

@queenofzen6187 12 күн бұрын

@@debbiej.2168 Didn't somebody purchase the books that are donated to the Internet Archive?

@jmreagle 14 күн бұрын

This is a critical cultural resource, that I have donated to for many years.

@joeybaseball7352 12 күн бұрын

It's literally just a library. You go to a library and check out a book. Same here. Not illegal.

@fmachine86 2 күн бұрын

Not what the federal court thought in their 2023 decision.

@joeybaseball7352 2 күн бұрын

@@fmachine86 because the feds are paid off by the publishers.

@kevinwparker Күн бұрын

Yes, but the library bought and paid for that book, and there are only as many copies as they paid for. (And for libraries it works the same way with ebooks: they have to pay for every single copy they buy, and they can only lend as many copies as they paid for.) The library didn't make a hundred photocopies of the book and made all of those available.

@Bot-Mann 9 күн бұрын

internet archive is the #1 most important website on the entire internet. there is so much media that's worth checking out and archive makes it so accessible. i literally don't know what i'd do without it, there's so many old video games, tv shows, movies, albums, and books that are so hard to find already as it is. getting rid of the internet archive would be disastrous

@minipz9thebastfiiter509 3 күн бұрын

well at least its just only books for now and not others

@NathanPatton 13 күн бұрын

The internet archive must survive. I remember reading about a fire that they had in 2013 and my heart skipped a beat when I saw the headline back then.

@TakenTook 11 күн бұрын

If this was destroyed, it would be like the loss of the ancient library of Alexandria.

@moe47988 8 күн бұрын

then he shouldn’t have gone too far with it.

@TakenTook 8 күн бұрын

@@moe47988 -- We'll hindsight is always 20:20, and I don't think it's worth destroying all of the data that will otherwise be lost

@susannpatton2893 14 күн бұрын

He has created an internet library That's ingenious for real

@deltaray3 13 күн бұрын

Good, hopefully this will bring in more supporters so that the Internet Archive doesn't go away. It needs your support.

@Sela2125 14 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is fundamental the continued development of our culture. When we look back at pre-Information Age society we have letters, journals, books, and more to understand and in some ways interact with the past. What will our posterity have to similarly engage with their past? If not for something like the IA we would leave scant few details of our world for our descendants to see what life was like as we moved into the era of computers and the internet. If we leave nothing for them to understand their past, to see where they came from, how will they understand themselves? We rely on our past to relativistically understand how far we’ve come and what has yet to be accomplished. Copyright is important, it allows a person to own an idea and profit off of it. However, there must be a balance between the pursuit of profit and access to one of humanity’s greatest stores of knowledge and everyday thoughts.

@FadeAwayIntoDarkness 13 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is such an important resource. Think of all the movies, books, TV episodes, pamphlets, zines, games, etc, that have been lost to time. So often, those things are lost because the copyright holders have no interest in preserving them and won't do so if given the chance. Can we trust those same copyright holders to not destroy any traces of their properties before the copyright is up? The Internet Archive must be protected and preserved.

@JillWhitcomb1966 14 күн бұрын

I had no idea that this existed, at all. But now I know where to find the magazine articles that I wrote some 20 years ago. Thanks!

@Moodboard39 5 күн бұрын

than u must be living under a rock lol

@Moodboard39 5 күн бұрын

it shows how u close minded ur are lol

@axethepenguin 5 күн бұрын

@@Moodboard39it’s really not that deep, not everyone is chronically online

@JayTheComputerGuy 4 күн бұрын

@@Moodboard39why do you have to be so negative on a video that’s spreading awareness for this amazing archive?

@thewebstylist 12 күн бұрын

This is an absolutely invaluable resource w for when I have web design clients who’ve lost their old websites or have been hacked and I can recover all of the old content for them, I hope and pray they will survive the lawsuits and be around always! PRICELESS

@Kira1Lawliet 9 күн бұрын

The fact that the Archive is in jeopardy just from selling some copyrighted books is a travesty of the in-justice system. If the problem is just giving out copyrighted books, then just remove THOSE BOOKS from the archive, or better yet, reimburse the publishers for the amount lost and continue to lease them out at profit to the publishers. There is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON why the ENTIRE ARCHIVE should be in danger of being shut down for this. And any judge that rules against the Archive is guilty of a crime against humanity and should be punished harshly. Losing the Internet Archive would be a greater loss to the human race than the burning of the Library of Alexandria by orders of magnitude. This is an issue that should transcend our laws-ANY attempt to erase this much history should be stopped regardless of what the law says.

@phototristan 13 күн бұрын

How can they be sued when libraries can't? It's literally the same.

@aaronlane8276 12 күн бұрын

Because libraries aren’t making copies of the books they distribute.

@estusflask982 12 күн бұрын

Libraries don't have infinite copies of every book.

@robinheil 6 күн бұрын

@@estusflask982 Yes and in fact, at least in my local library, they only have a limited number of eBooks to "lend out". I guess it's a way for the publishers to control their intellectual property.

@nikolaievans2432 4 күн бұрын

Beacuse libraries actually bought the books

@stained6202 2 күн бұрын

@@estusflask982libraries also have e books

@connie473 14 күн бұрын

I've used the wayback machine a lot for research and for thesis

@ghoulbby 9 күн бұрын

It's hard to grasp just how much history and information would be lost if something happened to the internet archive. We're lucky they even had the forethought to do this in the first place.

@cgimovieman 14 күн бұрын

In some ways, this makes me chuckle. I’ve been using the Wayback Machine/Internet Archive for years and years now, probably since it started. CBS Sunday sometimes feels very old-person oriented. As if that demographic had no idea about this and are just being clued into it like it’s a new thing. It is a really interesting thing to explore though. With the constant changes and advances to webpages, you don’t realize just how basic they used to be say in the late 90’s and early 2000’s. The change has happened so slowly and naturally like a pot of water heating up, that it’s easy to forget. Early pages were mostly text, with most having no videos, and not even many photos. Those elements took so long to load back then that they weren’t as ubiquitous as today.

@kennethteasley7454 10 күн бұрын

I think this show mostly caters to the 50+ demographics. I've seen CBS get called "The old people network" online several times.

@maidenthe80sla 8 күн бұрын

I thought the same when I saw this pop up about the Wayback Machine, that CBS still has the old people appeal, and making it appear as if this site is a new creation. Yes, the internet has changed dramatically since the late 90s to now. I find that some data that I was able to obtain, say 10 years ago, no longer shows up during a search. The big search engines are now more of a market place seeker than one used for research. I am old but glad computers and the internet did not intimidate me. Years since I had a landline or watched TV over-the-air, by using cable, or by satellite. Somethings that many older folks happen to do.

@Radi0he4d1 6 күн бұрын

Ring every bell, this piece of internet infrastructure needs to be saved!

@robbiecheung 13 күн бұрын

I was working on my political philosophy capstone project (i.e., final-year project) but the work of philosophers, as you may know, are lengthy but inaccessible on the internet. I also browsed the database of my university library, but I still could not find some of the work. In particular, I had to find the translated manuscript of Immanuel Kant for more accurate interpretations of his ideas. Then, I found the Internet Archive. End of story. It is really a lifesaver. Thank you so much, the Internet Archive.

@KarenPilarAraujo 14 күн бұрын

Good work, CBS! This is important on a deep level. How visionary of Mr. Kahle to embarked on this back in the 90s! We owe librarians the world. (I got an extra boost of happiness when I saw the brief Prince of Persia clip!)

@psychoticbob 14 күн бұрын

Please explain to me in GREAT detail how scanning a purchased book into a data file and sharing that data file for FREE is any different than me purchasing the same book and loaning it to multiple people for FREE other that the obvious 'one is a physical copy that deteriorates slowly over time and the other is an electronic copy that can be lost forever in less than a second.'

@Vifnis 13 күн бұрын

It's held virtually by a cap, and that cap is limited the number of licenses they bought... during Covid they made it 'unlimited' to lend out medical textbooks... so now, these greedy corporations want their 'money' they didn't earn... They are Penguin Publishing, Harper Collins, Hachette Group, and Wiley... *NEVER* -- under any circumstances -- Give these companies your money ever again!!! Printed "Books" are a thing of the past, and with the digital millennium copyrights act (even though it is legit straight garbage) has and will make these things appear almost antiquated... Technology trumps where the law cannot prevail!!! (- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachette_v._Internet_Archive - )

@RaymondHng 13 күн бұрын

It's the scale. You are lending just one copy of the book to one person at a time. The borrower must return the book back to you before you can lend it someone else. Public libraries purchase their electronic copy from the publisher and are strictly limited by the publisher to the number of times the electronic copy can be "checked out" simultaneously. Borrowers do not have the ability download a digital copy permanently onto their computers. The Internet Archive did not purchase the electronic copy from the copyright holder and the Internet Archive has no limit on the number of times it can be downloaded permanently onto people's computers.

@BdManus 11 күн бұрын

The Internet archive also created digital copies of the books where many didn't exist, which is a violation of the copyright law.

@spencercarruth9706 6 күн бұрын

@@BdManus Sounds like copyright laws need to be brought from the 18th century into the 21st, in that case

@kevinwparker Күн бұрын

A more accurate comparison would be if you bought one copy of the book, photocopied it a couple of dozen times, and gave copies to all your friends. That would be frowned upon.

@analogmoz 13 күн бұрын

Information must be free lest we all become slaves.

@Amanda--- 14 күн бұрын

Move the archive offshore where publishers and record companies do not have the grounds to sue. This is bigger than them.

@mysterymayhem7020 14 күн бұрын

@@jimjames2429 author's get the initial copy of the book fee but do not receive anything else when a library loans out there books over and over again. This is exactly what he is doing.

@spottedtime 11 күн бұрын

I don’t think that will help. I remember hearing about a KZfaqr in Australia being sued by a Japanese company for showing clips from their show, on his KZfaq channel. Unfortunately Japan doesn’t have the same fair use law, like America has. If that can happen, then boarders don’t really matter, when it comes to law suits.

@kt9166 14 күн бұрын

Internet Archive is an invaluable source that I have gone to many times, and contribute to. Material comes and goes, so research what you can, when you can. It's simply the world's largest lending library, just like my favorite libraries here in the Norfolk, Virginia area. It's also marvelous if you are housebound like I and thousands of people are. The world comes to your PC!

@FGH9G 14 күн бұрын

Wow! I thought Wayback was just this niche thing that people hungry for nostalgia like me use! Haha thanks for reporting this CBS!

@flamewave64 12 күн бұрын

I hope they do the right thing and keep this service around

@HobbyOrganist 14 күн бұрын

The fact that web content is changed or deleted so frequently is why when I see a page, article, photo or video I like, I download it so I have a copy myself, because in a month it could be gone, excluded from google and it's cache, and the wayback machine could go away at anytime too due to copyright suits, death, funding. Google archives out of print and antiquarian books, but newer books they cant due to copyrights If you see it now and think you might want to again- save it yourself on your own drive. I found quite a few web sites in the archive that when you click on links or photos within the saved site, they come up 404 not found etc the archive doesnt save entire sites a lot of the time- just the front pages. It also chokes on certain pages that used scrips, java or frames

@ErickSoares3 14 күн бұрын

Google Books can archive newer works, but they can't make them fully available.

@emptymannull 14 күн бұрын

I thought things fell into public domain after a certain number of decades? If that's the case, just backup those books and music and settle to stop the lawsuits to save the rest.

@Californ1a 12 күн бұрын

The problem with that is it takes a *very* long time. 70 years after the author dies or 95 after initial publication depending on whether it was published before or after 1978, different rule for different years. By the time that period has ended, will you even still have original copies to be able to scan anymore? Who's going to store the warehouses of books waiting for 70 years (or much more if the author's still alive - it could be well over 150 years if the author published at 20 years old and lives to be 100)? The US itself as a country is only about 250 years old right now; you'd be storing books for half the age of the country just waiting to be able to scan them. And then what's to stop them from saying their web articles are also under the same rule and they can't web archive the nytimes or other news sites until 70 years after the author of the article dies? The web article would very likely be long gone by then.

@meanderingmouse 7 күн бұрын

Thank Disney for screwing archives over by making copyrights unreasonable.

@WELVAS. 13 күн бұрын

I totally support his cause of uploading all the media humanity has ever created into one place. Its really is quite the archive

@Vifnis 13 күн бұрын

but but but Money

@WigWoo1 5 күн бұрын

This website has existed for literally over 2 decades. Why are the news networks just now making stories on it like this is new

@jp__878 7 сағат бұрын

Because they’re getting sued? Try to watch the video my guy it’s only 5 minutes long 😂

@WigWoo1 5 сағат бұрын

@@jp__878 they got Sued in March. This is still old news

@WigWoo1 5 сағат бұрын

@@jp__878 They got sued in March of 2023. This is still very old news

@TastySurrealBowl 11 күн бұрын

When I was a kid I used to check out old time radio shows on audio cassettes and discovered a world that has been the soundtrack of my life. As an adult I’ve been donating what I can afford to the Internet Archive for twenty years, originally out of gratitude for its collection of vintage radio (and tv) programs. The idea that they could be sued out of existence is horrifying to hear. Support them with any donation you can and keep them alive - it is the most valuable library in the world.

@Alexzw92 14 күн бұрын

This is some really good reporting. Need more videos like this.

@Honestry_ 5 күн бұрын

internet archives runs on donations too. the fact that they can just sue something that they are hardly even making any money off of is just insane, a large majority of books/shows and games are not even sold anymore directly by big companies anymore.

@michaelpalmer4387 12 күн бұрын

Unfortunately I think the Internet Archive will lose these fights. It will be the cost of the payouts that will cause it to shut down. Humanity loves to both build-up then destroy its own culture.

@FireMonkees 11 күн бұрын

The internet archive needs lots of support. They need donations to run the servers, and fight off lawsuits.

@haroldfarthington7492 12 күн бұрын

Poor big publishers! They can’t hoard older copyrighted books and music. The poor executives!

@haydnstv 14 күн бұрын

The internet archive is amazing. It’s how I first watched Pink Flamingos and the Book of Mormon.

@psychoticgiraffe 4 күн бұрын

There is a lot of rare expensive software from the 80s and early 90s on it, a goldmine, much of it you can’t ever find again as the companies dropped support ages ago and destroyed their archives. I highly suggest everyone with enough storage NAS devices to archive the whole site piece by piece to avoid a potential corporate book burning event

@JonesDylan874 12 күн бұрын

AND IT'S WHERE I POST GAME SHOWS AS WELL! I love the Internet Archive.

@FeriaAllenkempf 6 күн бұрын

*Larry Burkett's book on "Giving and Tithing" drew me closer to God and helped my spirituality. 2020 was a year I literally lived it. I cashed in my life savings and gave it all away. My total giving amounted to 40,000 dollars. Everyone thought I was delusional. Today, 1 receive 85,000 dollars every two months. I have a property in Calabasas, CA, and travel a lot. God has promoted me more than once and opened doors for me to live beyond my dreams. God kept to his promises to and for me*

@LeonardYenglin 6 күн бұрын

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

@KathAnn-p3o 6 күн бұрын

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

@MarleneLasile 6 күн бұрын

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

@MarleneLasile 6 күн бұрын

Big thanks to Ms. Chisty Fiore❤️✨💯May God bless Christy Fiore services,she have changed thousands of lives globally

@TonyJackson-zd6lq 6 күн бұрын

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?

@saltiestsiren 23 сағат бұрын

I'm so hyped to see CBS covering this. The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine are international treasures, no joke. They MUST survive if we have any hope to continue preserving history. Many of the wrinkly old raisins in the government and justice system can't seem to understand that. P.S. Archived this page a minute ago!

@Yngvarfo 12 күн бұрын

I have a sense of: What did they expect? It's far from the same as the library, and I think that's obvious. Libraries buy their books. Each book can only be lent out to one at a time, and has to be returned within a limited time. Here, the books are made available to millions of users at the same time, and by tying it to The Wayback Machine, they've run the risk of everything going the way of Napster. Web pages that were put out for free in the first place are easier to justify, and I wish they had stuck to that, to avoid this trouble. The Wayback Machine *is* a tremendously useful tool. That said, even content creators who put out work for free have issues with the loss of control they get from this. I don't have a clear answer. I want the Wayback Machine to stay, but I do see their point.

@neddannenberg100 11 күн бұрын

I agree… no one else does web archiving like they do and they are often the only place with copies of a webpage. I hope this doesn’t become an Icarus story where their feud with the publishing industry bankrupts the whole operation. There are plenty of other places that maintain copies of books and music - stick to the online stuff that has a much stronger “fair use” defense.

@keywellcoinsmafiametals8726 3 күн бұрын

Hopefully they can come to a deal to just delete the works that the companies see as damaging and move on! Would be a travesty for the site to go away!

@BengVideo 3 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is the modern equivalent of the Library of Alexandria

@joeldcanfield_spinhead 14 күн бұрын

One of my favorite and most used sites.

@LetsSyncFanEdits 12 күн бұрын

I've been using the Wayback Machine since 2011, nice to see it trending all these years later! 😊

@GSHAPIROY 12 күн бұрын

The best part of this is that David plays viola in a string quartet!

@gameshowguy2000 11 күн бұрын

Discovered it 20 years ago and have loved it since then.

@fezguy89 8 күн бұрын

Thank you CBS for covering this amazing website.

@chrisn8349 2 күн бұрын

I've been using the Internet Archive/Wayback Machine for 20 years now. Definitely the most useful website I've ever used.

@littlekirby6 3 күн бұрын

I'm glad to see that CBS Sunday Morning covered this. I'm pretty young, I'm on the internet basically all the time, so I'm in the loop on most things. I know the Sunday morning news is mostly an older audience, so it's imperative for them to know the importance of the work of the Internet Archive and the legal troubles that they've faced

@domdela5217 13 күн бұрын

What a great idea and fantastic organization to support. Thank you.

@BaseballPlayer0 14 күн бұрын

1977 star wars and song of the south are there

@istankimjong-unbutcantstan3398 12 күн бұрын

The original theatrical version of the Star Wars trilogy _should_ be there as well since fans have been "restoring" the original version that Lucas wants to delete.

@xelamercedes 14 күн бұрын

Wow! Fascinating. Thank you!

@TheLordOfNothing 7 күн бұрын

Remember the Library of Alexandria? No you don’t. It had so much information kept in one place. Caesar razed it, and we lost so much. If we destroy the Internet Archive, we lose 28 years of internet history, plus so many books, videos, songs, games, apps. When you keep information in physical form in a dusty old library, it is prone to fire, flood, and other natural disasters, losing that information for the rest of time.

@jer1776 3 күн бұрын

Thank you for spreading the word on the Internet Archive's importance.

@shannon7882 3 күн бұрын

The glorious seniors citizens we have learned so much from. You gave generations the story of history and, believe it or not, the generations after you listened. All those photo albums, newspaper clippings, vhs tapings, floppy discs. It's all contributed into creating this archive. As grumpy as you get with the fast moving generations, remember you were once a running generation innovating too.

@Cadeho3 4 күн бұрын

I was flattered when they picked up my tiny page from the early 2000s. It's listed still but a dead link.

@Punisher6791 10 күн бұрын

god bless this man for creating a museum for the internet.

@triciac.5078 Сағат бұрын

Donate and support the internet archive.

@chrisdc2072 14 күн бұрын

Been using these for years. You'll be amazed on what you'll find

@jwgreek8606 13 күн бұрын

The music companies let KZfaq put music freely available

@weevilsnitz 5 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is providing one of the most crucial free services on earth, and it's not just the Wayback Machine that's part of it. Their dedication to preserving digital history is unmatched.

@think3rofficial 22 минут бұрын

The basis of a free society is, without a doubt, unrestricted access to history. The world at large needs to protect it, forever.

@mintman325 11 күн бұрын

I think back to the great libraries of the ancient world, Alexandria and Baghdad. How that wisdom was lost, never again.

@teddyfurstman1997 7 күн бұрын

#SupportTheInternetArchivesandtheWaybackMachine

@cherylrleigh1912 14 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle. It provides free access to collections of digitized materials including websites, software applications, music, audiovisual and print materials. The Archive also advocates for a free and open Internet. As of February 4, 2024, the Internet Archive held more than 44 million print materials, 10.6 million videos, 1 million software programs, 15 million audio files, 4.8 million images, 255,000 concerts, and over 835 billion web pages in its Wayback Machine. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. Source Wikipedia

@MrShanester117 14 күн бұрын

You wasted all this time looking up internet archive and then typing the definition, just to say what the video already says 😂

@kieranmorley2833 7 күн бұрын

The wayback machine has saved me on so much stuff - especially programs to use older midi devices that were taken down years ago

@ericsamuelson5656 13 күн бұрын

He's a genius! I'm on the website frequently.

@XAirForce 10 күн бұрын

I keep donating to them.

@smonster Күн бұрын

the internet archive is a serious blessing…. it would be a dream job to work there

@DTD110865 Күн бұрын

Because contrary to what many believe, the internet is NOT forever.

@captainnima 13 күн бұрын

Leave it to some creeps to sue a wonderful service. Why aren't they suing radio stations and libraries? I cannot believe the courts let them win the first case.

@richstex4736 13 күн бұрын

$$$.

@RealEpikCartfrenYT 12 күн бұрын

Boycott the record labels! it's easy

@markrobinowitz8473 12 күн бұрын

The internet giveth and the internet taketh away. Winston Smith's memory hole.

@howtobebasic2122 13 күн бұрын

I like the Grateful Dead bootleg archive they have at the audio section on the internet archive.

@jim394 6 күн бұрын

Probably one of the best things to happen to the internet. It's important to preserve this, especially in a hundred years assuming the internet is still around.

@elijahvincent985 5 күн бұрын

Internet Archive is a preservationist's safe-haven. Protect it at all costs. I found several games from my childhood that were previously lost to time. God bless those who run this.

@TinLeadHammer 3 күн бұрын

Too bad, not everything is being saved. Images are often missing, and forum discussions are usually gone. But I am grateful for what they've been able to save.

@Ian-nl9yd 3 күн бұрын

The Internet Archive is a priceless resource. It has not always been on the right side of copyright law, and is currently facing a lawsuit as a consequence. If you can spare a few dollars, consider donating it to The Internet Archive and the Wayback Machine to help preserve these records!

@finchborat 10 күн бұрын

I wish Adobe Flash was still around. There were some things on the Wayback Machine that I couldn't get to or watch because of that.

@richardw3470 13 күн бұрын

It's wonderful but hard as Hades to navigate. Of course, I'm a blithering idiot when it comes to computer literacy.

@protonflux5766 5 күн бұрын

Most of the books and music I've found on there are obscure, outdated, and not selling even on ebay and alibris (i.e. financially worthless content). The software is almost entirely abandonware, and most of the videos are public domain. Not sure how the publishers can prove financial losses into the millions when the subject material isn't marketable or selling.

@monstersponge9096 2 күн бұрын

The internet archive actually paused the lending/borrow system for books back in 2020 and made them free to all for several months. That is why they're being sued by the AAP but of course they didn't say that.

@ArtemisSmith 32 минут бұрын

If you aren't actively keeping up with your IPs then they deserve to be free like this

@ColoringKaria 9 күн бұрын

I mean I could have told him that books and music and movies is a bad idea till they were out of copyright. What he SHOULD have done is copied as he did and only released when the copyright ran out.

@captainpoptarts 5 күн бұрын

There are many pieces of media that are almost impossible to find elsewhere. For example, I've used the internet archive to get old 1980s K mart music for a project I'm planning. And have used the wayback machine to see what websites used to look like. I know that it is often used to investigate scams, or malicious changes to a company's policies. Publishers, seemingly, are now greedy companies hemorrhaging money looking for a scapegoat to suck dry so they can survive another month.

@penboxinc.4401 5 күн бұрын

are boomers just now finding out about the wayback machine?

@knoblauchhorst9405 10 күн бұрын

I do investigative crime documentaries and the wayback machine is ESSENTIAL to what we do

@matty6598 5 күн бұрын

I really hope the Internet Archive doesn't end, I love it so much

@AndyPhu 3 күн бұрын

Save the archive!

@davenz000 2 күн бұрын

The corruption in the U.S.A over copyright is insane.

@tecpaocelotl 10 күн бұрын

I love internet archive. I find old games that my daughter plays on the laptop or phone (arthur living books. nighttime supposedly is not supported on my phone, but I downloaded from wayback and it works perfectly on my phone), listening to old recordings (listened to John lennon's "now and then" recording and figured out why they have the song the way it is) or reading hard to find books that everyone claims doesnt exist.

@ptrappe 10 күн бұрын

Agree to protect this legacy. Also David was a big part of my childhood with Macworld Secrets. Almost a god to me.

@THall-vi8cp 4 күн бұрын

What gets me about US copyright law is that copyright lasts 70 years or more after the creator's death, leaving the family to control the creation. As such, we wnd up with works being withheld, such as the recent debacle with Seuss books. Orchestral musicians have a difficult time with this, as well. Orchestras require a rather extensive knowledge of the repertoire, and this is to be demonstrated at auditions and often with trials in the orchestra. Audition lists are expansive and include copyrighted works that can't be purchased except as an entire set (score and all individual parts - expensive). How are musicians supposed to work up these pieces if they can't get ahold of the parts?

@jakethecarsandreactorvideo9409 10 күн бұрын

I started using internet archive in 2019

@MemphiStig 6 күн бұрын

This is a very important internet resource. But unfortunately, the law is clear on copyrighted material. That's where the money is, and you can't get in the way of profits. "All Mighty Dollar!"

@mililaniman 14 күн бұрын

I use the internet archive all the time to look for information.

@aavvcc 7 күн бұрын

I love the Internet Archive ❤ We need to protect it.

@Tony1771-yj8mc 6 күн бұрын

Would be fun to set a browser to a certain year and even month so all your searches only give you results you would have gotten at that time. I used the internet to search for music not really available in central US in the early years. Was into music in french or spanish. There were certain websites that hosted such music and music videos. I kind of remember those sites ,barely, which are now gone.