Yeah…Honestly now that you mention it I never have looked into how they’re structured and if that may play a part in them not doing so. What I do know is that I respect their mission and want to see them stick around and reshape things to allow for more organizations like them to exist rather than get snuffed out.
Comment on The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
seaQueue@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m surprised they’re not pursuing govt grants and trust/foundation funding like a terrier. There has to be money out there for digital preservation work.
ElectroVagrant@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
reddig33@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Google just started pointing search results to the archive instead of their own cache. I would hope Google would be donating some supportive money to the archive as a goodwill gesture.
seaQueue@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
With Google’s new “don’t be paying for anything someone else will do for free” MO I’m doubtful