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If they wind up attacked to the point of destruction I hope they dump everything to an archive. Obviously that won't help the future Internet but at least we won't lose what is already there. And FWIW: If the future Internet is tech broligarch and AI drive it may not bear being saved.

Of course, billionaire owned media hates a permanent record.

@4til7.bsky.social

That’s exactly what came to my mind.

They just want to keep monetising their historic articles under their own terms.

This while AI companies devour culture and eminent domain like locusts.

Party like it's 1984!

Donate to them (I have a monthly donation set up), doesn't necessarily help this particular issue, but sure helps them continuing. AI - here is a rare case where I hope enforcement of copyright laws could become more effective to stop those stealing everything to turn it into slop.

Fuck the main stream media!

this is surprising why?

the AI angle no one's talking about: the Wayback Machine is one of the largest sources of historical web training data. if publishers block it, future models lose access to the web before 2020. not just a journalism problem

Is Big, Bad AI truly a threat, or a convenient excuse to limit access?

Both parties are fascist to different degrees. Once you realize that, you know we must be the ones to create something new.

They have been trying to take down the wayback machine before AI was a twinkle in Sam Altman’s eye.