> Internet Archive should be illegal because it violates human rights.
You raise some interesting points, but the kill-it-with-fire solution ignores the great (necessary!) benefits the archive provides to humanity, by protecting useful public/published information from constant churn.
Humanity is just beginning to find its moral/ethical way forward, in this new integrated world of information, by feel in the dark.
In the meantime, its unavoidable that many things will be imperfect balances, and people will disagree where the balances should be.
You raise some interesting points, but the kill-it-with-fire solution ignores the great (necessary!) benefits the archive provides to humanity, by protecting useful public/published information from constant churn.
Humanity is just beginning to find its moral/ethical way forward, in this new integrated world of information, by feel in the dark.
In the meantime, its unavoidable that many things will be imperfect balances, and people will disagree where the balances should be.