Re: Lost collections
- From: Michael Hart <hart@[redacted]>
- Subject: Re: Lost collections
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 16:30:48 -0400 (EDT)
On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Michael Stutz wrote:
> From: hart@[redacted] (Michael Hart) wrote:
> > On Tue, 28 Aug 2001 NakedWord@[redacted] wrote:
> >
> > > > But it is a very sad feeling when you find a book or other resource
> > > > now gone from the net.
> > > >
> > >
> > > I think as the Net goes through generations of content decay local storage
> > > will become the norm for anything you want to preserve for yourself, much
> >
> > I couldn't agree more. . .not only is local storge so much faster,
> > it reduces wasted bandwidth that slows everything else down. . .
>
> We should all keep and share local archives of net-published work that
> we enjoy, or that we'd like to see preserved. It only makes sense. But
> the question is, are we _permitted_ to do this kind of storing and
> archiving? Or will we be Internet "pirates" in doing so, our actions
> now criminal, and forced into secrecy?
Project Gutenberg has, for years, been willing to do the copyright
research for that sort of thing.
Michael