By preserving the on Archive.org, users are engaging in an act of cultural defiance. They are ensuring that if a government bans the show (as some authoritarian regimes have done, claiming it is "disinformation"), or if a streaming service deletes it for a tax write-off, the evidence—the art—remains accessible.
Due to copyright claims by HBO, official high-quality versions of Chernobyl are frequently removed from the Internet Archive. However, because of the site's nature, files often reappear. chernobyl serie completa archive.org