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Title: Internet Archive (aka The Wayback Machine) damaged by fire
Post by: Mr. Analog on November 07, 2013, 10:48:30 AM
While the digital archive is safe the organization that hosts it has been severely damaged by fire and is taking donations

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/11/07/1612229/internet-archives-san-francisco-home-badly-damaged-by-fire

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24848907

https://blog.archive.org/2013/11/06/scanning-center-fire-please-help-rebuild/

This is something I may actually donate to as I use archive.org quite a bit
Title: Re: Internet Archive (aka The Wayback Machine) damaged by fire
Post by: Tom on November 07, 2013, 02:17:28 PM
Yeah, I think its a good cause. Even if I don't use it a lot, I have had to use it, and the mission is a good one.
Title: Re: Internet Archive (aka The Wayback Machine) damaged by fire
Post by: Mr. Analog on November 07, 2013, 02:19:21 PM
Not just for the website backups (which can be useful) but also for the TONS of copyright free material to be found there, some of it recorded off of pristine masters (talking music and films and rare television)