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Once again, Jason Scott and archive.org demonstrate why it might just be on of the crown jewels of the internet.


There aren't many causes I feel donating to is unambiguously a good thing. Archive.org is just such a thing. I rarely feel a need to use the archive, but I literally sleep better at night knowing it exists, keeping our digital history from just fading out.

Being able to just fire up my childhood in the browser now? He said it well when he mentioned the programs being unable to recognize the science fiction universe they're running in. That's just how it makes me feel, too.


Thank you for reminding me. I just made a subscription donation.


I wish Google would make their archives easier to browse for the general public.


Just curious but wouldn't this do more harm than good?

I'm wondering if the increased exposure from Google having a full index of Archive content would result in past/current copyright owners requesting things get taken down from the Archive as they already do from Google's current index.




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