I've had just about enough.
I've noticed more and more stuff getting pulled from Internet Archive. Earlier in the week, I had to edit some old posts removing IA links because the content was copyright claimed and removed.
This is 2008 Youtube all over again. People upload stuff that has never been widely available, and all the sudden IP holders care about properties and media they abandoned years ago.
There's no reason in the world a VHS tape of 6 hours of KidsWB broadcasts needs taken off the internet.
Outright piracy, I understand. Don't upload brand new movies to Internet Archive you idiots.
A VHS recording of the 1996 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards? A fan mod for a 25 year old Game Boy game? A STAR WARS NOVEL THAT HAS NOT BEEN SOLD OFFICIALLY SINCE 2003? There's absolutely no reason this stuff shouldn't be available to the public.
The Internet Archive is so important and needs protected. The art, knowledge, history, nostalgia readily available there is priceless. Let us peons have this one little thing to enjoy.











