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DARK SECRETS: 2 - The Real Truth

The Internet Archive, which is the best shot at permanence for online content that is all too fragile, is facing major legal threats.

Fortune

'Devastating loss': Digital lending library, Internet Archive, removes 500,000 books after being sued by publishers

It's hoped that a successful appeal will allow Internet Archive to restore its full listing and continue lending the books.

PC Gamer

Internet Archive facing sustained cyber attacks — nonprofit struggles with 'impactful, targeted, adaptive' DDoS campaign

The Internet Archive has been facing sustained cyber attacks since Sunday. At the same time, it is being sued by the US book publishing and US recording industries associations.

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The Internet Archive is fighting a major battle against DDoS attacks

The Internet Archive and its very handy Wayback Machine are experiencing technical difficulties amid a DDoS attack.

TechRadar

Google confirms it is phasing out cache links in search results

Cache links have been disappearing for months, and now Google's Search Liaison has confirmed it will be retiring them for good.

Android Central

Google is axing cached webpages from search results, tells everyone to use Internet Archive instead

An official statement from Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan laments the change, but directly shouts out Internet Archive as an alternative.

Tom’s Hardware

Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications

“Information wants to be free” – but at what cost?

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Someone needs to save the Internet Archives from the lawyers and I have an idea

It's time for the US Library of Congress to buy the Internet Archive before the lawyers destroy our online history.

TechRadar

BBC gets fresh summons over Modi documentary

Delhi’s Rohini Court on July 7 issued fresh notices to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Wikimedia Foundation and U.S.-based digital library Internet Archive in a defamation case over the two-part documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi

The Hindu

Delhi court summons BBC, Wikimedia Foundation and Internet Archive over ‘defamation’

Hearing a defamation case by a BJP leader, a Delhi court on Wednesday issued summons to the BBC over the banned documentary India: The Modi Question.

Newslaundry

In the Internet Archive Lawsuit, a Win for Publishers May Come at a Cost for Readers Everywhere

The US court’s decision means that digital lending has become a pressing question for libraries and readers

The Walrus

Internet Archive is getting sued - have we learned nothing from history?

The Internet Archive is hailed as a revolution in knowledge-sharing and preservation by some, and nothing but well-funded piracy by others.

TechRadar

Internet Archive Loses Lawsuit Over National Emergency Library, Will Appeal

Plus: "Sensitivity readers" rewrite Agatha Christie, a Little Free Library battle, and more...

Reason

A judge sided with publishers in a lawsuit over the Internet Archive's online library

The nonprofit, which has a mission to provide "universal access to all knowledge," says it will appeal the ruling.

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Michael Hiltzik: Which last longer, ebooks or physical books? The answer may surprise you

The internet engineer and entrepreneur Brewster Kahle took a shot at the book publishing industry a few weeks ago by pointing out something well-known to technologists but unappreciated by the general public: that ebooks and other digital artifacts have shorter lifespans than the physical items.

The Guardian - US

Users urged to archive tweets amid rumors of Twitter implosion

People are wondering what parts of their online selves, loved ones and favorite celebrities to save in case the bird goes belly up

The Conversation

Publishers vs the Internet Archive: why the world's biggest online library is in court over digital book lending

Earlier this month, the Internet Archive asked a US court to end a lawsuit filed against it by four large book publishers.

Input

The Internet Archive seeks copyright concession amid publishers' lawsuit

If approved, the motion for fair use could protect the Internet Archive's digital lending practices.

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Crossword blog: ‘Back to square one’ and football commentary

The origin of an old-ish phrase is discussed in this week’s pick of the best of the broadsheets’ cryptic clues

Input

Flickr deleted, and then undeleted, 5 million archival images

Archivists say the unannounced deletion was devastating.

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