He founded the Internet Archive with a utopian vision. That hasn’t changed, but the internet has
A profile of Brewster Kahle and the Internet Archive in the San Francisco Chronicle.
[this is aaronland] fault lines — a cultural heritage of misaligned expectations
When Aaron talks, I listen. This time he’s talking about digital (and analogue) preservation, and how that can clash with licensing rules.
It is time for the sector to pick a fight with artists, and artist’s estates and even your donors. It is time for the sector to pick a fight with anyone that is preventing you from being allowed to have a greater — and I want to stress greater, not total — license of interpretation over the works which you are charged with nurturing and caring for.
It is time to pick a fight because, at least on bad days, I might even suggest that the sector has been played. We all want to outlast the present, and this is especially true of artists. Museums and libraries and archives are a pretty good bet if that’s your goal.
Related links
Own Your Content on Social Media Using the IndieWeb—zachleat.com
A terrific—and fun!—talk from Zach about site deaths, owning your own content, and the indie web.
Oh, and he really did create MySpaceBook for the talk.
Ne vous laissez plus déPOSSEder de vos contenus !
I saw Nicholas give this great talk at Paris Web on site deaths, the indie web, and publishing on your own site. That talk was in French, but these slides are (mostly) in English—I was able to follow along surprisingy easily!
The Internet’s keepers? “Some call us hoarders—I like to say we’re archivists” | Ars Technica
A profile of Mark Graham and the team at the Internet Archive.
The Internet Isn’t Forever
A terrific piece by Maria Bustillos on digital preservation and the power of archives, backed up with frightening real-world examples.
Because history is a fight we’re having every day. We’re battling to make the truth first by living it, and then by recording and sharing it, and finally, crucially, by preserving it. Without an archive, there is no history.