Subj : Re: archive.org's legal problems
To   : roman
From : paulie420
Date : Wed May 15 2024 22:37:59

 ro> The problem is very simple. If you have an archive with someone else_s
 ro> content and you distribute it, then you should not make a profit from
 ro> it, and especially no excess profit. You can call any torrent an archive
 ro> and also demand special treatment for it. The web archive is an ordinary
 ro> pirate site that claims to be a missionary. They are no better than
 ro> torrents or gopher dumpsters with files.

They make no profit - from the content... but they were serving the content.

The only 'profit' was donations to their cause - which I suppose you could say was profit from what they were serving - but this is data that we all wanted freed. Horrible situation.



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