: In October 2005, the Internet Archive launched the Open Content Alliance (OCA) alongside Yahoo and Microsoft. Unlike Google’s project, which was scanning books regardless of copyright status (leading to lawsuits from the Authors Guild), the OCA pledged to only scan public domain works or books with explicit permission.
A law firm used the Wayback Machine to find old web pages from 1999 to use as evidence in a separate case.
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In collaboration with the late activist Aaron Swartz , the Archive launched a program to create "one webpage for every book ever published".
Who else remembers the glory days of the "Live Music Archive" and the Open Source Movies section?
Want to see the 2005 collection? Search the Internet Archive for “Console Living Room” or “Software Library: ROMs.” Just remember—depending on your country’s laws, you might be downloading abandonware… or you might be downloading pirated software. The debate never really ended.
