Proprietor of https://xitter.cf/t.co/sdyjXHCZF7, historian, filmmaker, archivist, storyteller. Works on/for the Internet Archive. Rank Amateur. Pitiful Man.
The 1980s
Joined March 2007
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- No fair use -- parody, critique, commentary, teaching, news reporting, all can be blocked by this new watermark. So anyone (political parties, extremist groups, pundits, celebrities, influencers) can watermark their podcasts, propaganda videos, blog posts, and other media and
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So Getty can put a watermark on its copies of the world's public domain cultural heritage and *boom* - now it's all theirs forever. Bye bye public domain. ahistoryoftheworldaccordingt…
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The COPIED Act is back, and it's still hot garbage. It dictates the design of every tech from spell check to Instagram filters AND gives every thin-skinned politician, celeb, and pundit a "don't parody me!" protection spell for everything they publish. commerce.senate.gov/services…
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Status update: @textfiles from the @internetarchive has agreed to accept them. Incredible. Thank you all for the signal boost. Still some logistics to work out, but I can't think of a better set of hands to pass them on to.
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Webamp is helping save the day while the @internetarchive’s main media player is getting upgraded.
You would not believe this but the audio player on @internetarchive is being upgraded, so you can't play music. UNLESS. If you click on the llama at the top, you will get a WINAMP PLAYER and it WILL work.
Winamp, coming in for the clutch.
Regular audio and video player soon.
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I could hear the celebration at @internetarchive's building on clement street on my walk back home this evening! Congrats, and thank you *so much* for making sure that this incredible resource persists ❤️🎉
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Wayback Machine running strong (yippie!).
Still working to bring archive.org items & other services online safely.
@internetarchive team spirits high, but tired.
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The @internetarchive’s Wayback Machine resumed in a provisional, read-only manner.
Sorry, no Save Page Now yet.
Safe to resume but might need further maintenance, in which case it will be suspended again.
Please be gentle web.archive.org/
More as it happens.
Jason Scott retweeted
the internet archive is down? i wish there was some way to view a version of the website from a time before it was down
Jason Scott retweeted
Update: @internetarchive’s data has not been corrupted. Services are currently stopped to upgrade internal systems.
We are working to restore services as quickly and safely as possible.
Sorry for this disruption.
Jason Scott retweeted
Sorry, but DDOS folks are back and knocked archive.org and openlibrary.org offline.
@internetarchive is being cautious and prioritizing keeping data safe at the expense of service availability.
Will share more as we know it.
Jason Scott retweeted
The Internet archive has and is suffering from a devastating attack We have been launching several highly successful attacks for five long hours and, to this moment, all their systems are completely down.
second round | New attack
09/10/2024 Duration 6 hours
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@internetarchive : be honest :)
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This group claims they took down the Internet Archive because it "belongs to the USA...who support Israel" which is not true
Th Archive is not US government, it is a non-profit that includes many resources about Palestine, which we can't now access because of this attack
archive.org/about/
Jason Scott retweeted
Let's dance 🕺 Join our annual street party at our San Francisco HQ on October 23 for music, food trucks & more! 🎟️ ➡️ eventbrite.com/e/escaping-th…
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ALT Partygoers outside the Internet Archive
Jason Scott retweeted
This is sad. In what universe is “set dressing for 6 second insurance ads” a reasonable or likely to be developed market for arcade cabinet art? What designer goes to art school looking forward to that State Farm license revenue? copyrightlately.com/atari-co…
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This fall we are proud to be a sponsor of twitch.tv/textfiles, hosted by the legendary Jason Scott aka @textfiles, free-range archivist and software curator over at Internet Archive. Watch Jason digitize audio tapes, video tapes, floppies, magazines, and much more!
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Imagine an Internet without the Wayback Machine around
Support the Internet Archive
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Jason Scott retweeted
We are less than 600 signatures away from getting 4⃣0⃣,0⃣0⃣0⃣ people to tell the publishers to restore access to the books they removed from our lending library. Please sign if you haven't already & share with your friends & colleagues ➡️ change.org/LetReadersRead #LetReadersRead
ALT Let Readers Read
Jason Scott retweeted
🚨 Re:Create Coalition issued a statement urging congressional leaders to keep the #ProCodesAct out of must-pass legislation. Re:Create executive director @bc_butler shares why vital safety codes must be accessible to the public ➡️recreatecoalition.org/press_…
