Yes, much of the digital preservation work they do is absolutely KEY. That said, I would much rather they had put their weight towards FIXING COPYRIGHT AND IP LAWS rather than breaking them to see if that would shove things the way they wanted them to go. 2/5

I am a librarian in my day job and a publisher in my side hustle. To say that I have mixed feelings about the Internet Archive ruling is a massive understatement. I think IA has fucked over BOTH libraries and authors by pretending to be one and then the other when it suited them and being NEITHER. 1/5