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The Countdown to Save US Libraries
(mekarpeles.medium.com)
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this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
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Trying to kill the Internet Archive would set just the precedent publishers want to kill community libraries.
I'd be surprised if the big publishers didn't try setting up their own pay-for-access libraries in a few years.