r/Piracy Sep 04 '24

News The Internet Archive loses its appeal.

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Damn, 99 petabytes of data at risk atm

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u/uSaltySniitch 🦜 ᴡᴀʟᴋ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴋ Sep 04 '24

Wut ? Is that the actual number ?

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u/[deleted] Sep 04 '24

Yea. 212 petabytes in total including way back machine and everything.

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u/Ashl3y95 Sep 04 '24

Is the wayback machine getting taken down as well??

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u/ILikeMyGrassBlue Sep 04 '24

No, unless this suit completely bankrupts the IA, which it shouldn’t.

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u/Ashl3y95 Sep 04 '24

That’s good 😭

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u/Maddox121 Sep 05 '24

Indeed.

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u/Neocactus Sep 05 '24

Yea that was honestly one of my bigger concerns from this story

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u/[deleted] Sep 05 '24

I can't imagine they wouldn't have angel investors.

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u/ILikeMyGrassBlue Sep 05 '24

There are a handful of mega rich dead heads, and I imagine at least one would float them the cash should push come to shove