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darkartsanna · 2 years ago

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This is bullshit! This website is dedicated to preserving not just books, but audio files, videos, websites, this is the source of the wayback machine! They have effectively lost the right to lend out digital books, regardless of origin. This now limits our resources even further. It's another book banning issue, and it needs to be heard.

#well damn I thought I had friends but like literally no one thought to tell me about this??? > : (#it's been going on for days now hello people please tell me about shit like this?! Books/libraries are a crucial part of my being #is it really that under-talked about of an issue? Well #that needs to improve.#I've been with IA for years now and it's how I re-read some old books that are out of print or rare/hard to find that aren't >$100 on ebay #or that have so limited copies in circulation in libraries that the best option is to access the digital lending service #this is also crucial for overseas patrons too because this makes information and files so accessible to the average populace #This is the biggest book banning/information restrictive instance I think I've witnessed in my life.#As if I didn't need a gas mask already to read the news- this one has extra tiny toxic particles that breach my mask filter #There's some fundraising going on for it and I'd highly suggest donating a few dollars to it since I'm looking into it #big name authors like Neil Gaiman are already in support of the IA being saved so it is getting major traction. I'm glad.#I wish I had a big enough audience to offer a special promotion like if you donate you get a half off commission #Literally donate to the IA and watch me summon a nightmare dragon to attack the court system. Every donation is 1+ magic spell needed.#Donate even a dollar and reblog the news. If you can't donate less than $3- then just reblog and talk about it.#Skip your coffee and boba tea order and just do this instead #If this is your first time hearing of the IA- first off- HOW? and second of all please look into this yourself. It's an incredible service.#I'm with the Internet Archive on this one. Fight me and lose miserably.#genuinely deeply truly vexed and infuriated at how this is 2023 and how concerningly backwards this can be #internet archive #ia #hachette vs internet archive

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