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Archives: Brewster Kahle

Controlled Digital Lending Takes a Blow in Court

A Federal judge’s ruling offered a stern rebuke of the Internet Archive’s National Emergency Library and its controlled digital lending service, providing a significant victory for the four publishers that had filed suit.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Mar 29, 2023
  • 16 Comments
  • Time To Read: 7 mins

Celebrating 25 Years of Preserving the Web

Since 1996, the Internet Archive has been capturing the World Wide Web but also doing so much more to preserve our digital world behind the scenes.

  • By Todd A Carpenter
  • Oct 19, 2021
  • 24 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

What Is “Publishing” if Even a Library Can Do It?

Libraries increasingly provide a wide range of publishing activities, but are there some areas where libraries are not active? It appears that libraries are unlikely to play a large role in publishing that is based on end-user demand.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Sep 14, 2015
  • 15 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

The Digital Public Library of America Has Arrived

The Digital Public Library of America has launched, and it is an impressive achievement that is bound to grow over the coming years.

  • By Joseph Esposito
  • Apr 23, 2013
  • 19 Comments
  • Time To Read: 4 mins

SSP Attendees Visit the Internet Archive, a Cathedral of Universal Access

SSP Annual Meeting attendees tour the Internet Archive, and see what it really takes to make this modern Library of Alexandria.

  • By Kent Anderson
  • Jun 12, 2010
  • 2 Comments
  • Time To Read: 6 mins

Forgetting the F-bomb: How Cheap Memory Makes Normal Conference Chat Costly

An argument for why conferences should not be recorded and rebroadcast.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 7, 2010
  • 7 Comments
  • Time To Read: 3 mins

Kahle: Distributed Services a Solution to Monopoly Control

“Scholarly publishing is too important to be monopolized!” Solution to digitization is decentralized commerce.

  • By Phil Davis
  • Jun 3, 2010
  • 1 Comment
  • Time To Read: < 1 min

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