What the internet archive lost to kahle, the suits have been an immense setback to ia’s mission [recorded on march 4, 2024]internet archive founder and ai entrepreneur brewster kahle, interviewed in 2024 This interview was created for the chm exhibit c. Kahle spoke in austin at the university of texas’s harry ransom center — a museum, library, and archive — where he looked to both the new possibilities and the challenges ahead for his internet archive, and for the longevity of of digital data itself. On 7 april 2025, nrc handelsblad published a thoughtful and deeply relevant interview with brewster kahle, founder of the internet archive, titled “het grootste webarchief ter wereld wordt bedreigd door procederende uitgevers, zegt oprichter” (“the world’s largest web archive is under threat from litigious publishers, says founder”) We extend our sincere thanks to journalist juurd.
Now facing unprecedented challenges, including a major cyberattack and legal battles with publishers over the site’s distribution of copyrighted.
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