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The balance between the permanence and ephemeral nature of content on the internet is part of what makes it beautiful. I don't think everything should be preserved in an automated fashion--making all content permanent and never removable, but I do think people should be able to decide for themselves and effectively archive specific content that they care about, just like libraries do. Without the work of archivists saving physical books, manuscrips, and paintings we wouldn't have any knowledge of our ancestors' history. We believe archiving the web is just as important to provide the same benefit to future generations.
We believe duplication of other people's content is only ethical if it a: A. doesn't deprive the original creators of revenue and B. is responsibly curated. In the U.S., <a href="https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/copyright/libraries">libraries, researchers, and archivists</a> are allowed to duplicate copyrighted materials under <a href="https://libguides.ala.org/copyright/fairuse">"fair use"</a> for <a href="https://guides.cuny.edu/cunyfairuse/librarians#:~:text=One%20of%20these%20specified%20conditions,may%20be%20liable%20for%20copyright">private study, scholarship, or research. Archive.org's preservation work is covered under this excemption, as they are as a non-profit providing public service, and they respond to DMCA removal requests.
We believe duplication of other people's content is only ethical if it:
- A. doesn't deprive the original creators of revenue and
- B. is responsibly curated.
In the U.S., <a href="https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/copyright/libraries">libraries, researchers, and archivists</a> are allowed to duplicate copyrighted materials under <a href="https://libguides.ala.org/copyright/fairuse">"fair use"</a> for <a href="https://guides.cuny.edu/cunyfairuse/librarians#:~:text=One%20of%20these%20specified%20conditions,may%20be%20liable%20for%20copyright">private study, scholarship, or research</a>. Archive.org's preservation work is covered under this excemption, as they are as a non-profit providing public service, and they respond to DMCA removal requests.
As long as you A. don't try to profit off pirating copyrighted content and B. have processes in place to respond to removal requests, many countries allow you to use sofware like ArchiveBox to ethically and responsibly archive any web content you can view. That being said, ArchiveBox is not liable for how you choose to operate the software. You must research your own local laws and regulations, and get proper legal council if you plan to host a public instance (start by putting your DMCA contact email in <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#footer_info"><code>FOOTER_INFO</code></a> and changing your instance's branding using <a href="https://github.com/ArchiveBox/ArchiveBox/wiki/Configuration#custom_templates_dir"><code>CUSTOM_TEMPLATES_DIR</code></a>).