8 ms·

Someone would spin up a nonprofit and buy the assets and keep it going

• themitigating 4y ago
  Would it be more difficult to get funding during harash economic times?
• Kye 4y ago
  It's already a nonprofit. The shell game works for for-profit corporations. I don't think it'll work when the kind of companies that usually play that game are the ones after them.
  • mistrial9 4y ago
    specific assets of a non-profit must be transferred to another non-profit, with some oversight about costs. It is possible and does happen.
    • mdale 4y ago
      The internet archive does facilitate mirrors under the LOCKSS (lots of copies keeps stuff safe) philosophy.
• samdcbu 4y ago
  If it was shut down due to a civil injunction for copyright violation, I don’t think the Internet Archive would be able to transfer the Wayback Machine’s data to anyone else without defying that injunction and risk being held in contempt. Someone would need to immediately begin trying to mirror the entire Wayback Machine’s archive, ideally hosting the mirror in Luxembourg or the Netherlands.
  • password4321 4y ago
    Archive Team Archive Team, assemble!
  • brutusurp 4y ago
    Hopefully this is already happening...