Author Archives: brewster

Start of Community Wireless Backbone in Richmond CA

Posted on November 23, 2013 by brewster

With the cooperation of the City of Richmond (thank you!), a group of volunteers and Internet Archive staff are starting to set up backbone repeaters in Richmond California to build a Community Wireless network.   Here is Colyer Dupont showing a … Continue reading →

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Let the Robots Read! A Victory for Fair Use

Posted on November 16, 2013 by brewster

A resounding judgement in the Google Books case means that the act of digitizing books is not in-and-of-itself infringing.    In legal-speak, the judge ruled that digitizing books is “fair”.   This is a big deal in that it allows … Continue reading →

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Birthday of the Defensive Patent License: Friday, Nov 15, 4:30-8:00 in SF

Posted on November 13, 2013 by brewster

  (Video of event) Please join us to celebrate the birthday of the Defensive Patent License (“DPL”)! Short Program and Birthday Party Friday, November 15, 2013 Panel Discussion 4:30-6:00 PM Reception 6:00-8:00 PM Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave, San Francisco, … Continue reading →

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Fire Update: Lost Many Cameras, 20 Boxes. No One Hurt.

Posted on November 6, 2013 by brewster

As fires go, we were lucky.   We are still assessing what happened but this is where we stand: * No one was hurt. * Lost a 130 sq meter side-building (1300 sq feet) that held scanning equipment.  We operate 30 … Continue reading →

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Please Come: Aaron Swartz Reception at the Internet Archive Fri Nov 8th in SF

Posted on November 5, 2013 by brewster

(CNET Article) On November 8th from 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm, you are invited to a reception, talks, and hackathon at the Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave, in San Francisco. Suggested donation of $5, Bitcoin accepted. 5PM Hackathon 6:30PM Reception … Continue reading →

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Reader Privacy at the Internet Archive

Posted on October 25, 2013 by brewster

(NYTimes article, Video of Announcement with Daniel Ellsberg) The Internet Archive has extended our reader privacy protections by making the site encrypted by default.   Visitors to archive.org and openlibrary.org will https unless they try to use http. For several years, … Continue reading →

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Celebrate at the Internet Archive — 1024 — Thursday Oct. 24th

Posted on October 2, 2013 by brewster

(Full Video of event.   Announcement as posts: 1, 2, and 3) Internet Archive invites you to a fun evening in San Francisco on October 24th for our once-a-year celebration and announcements of new services. (And it just so happens to … Continue reading →

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Blacked Out Government Websites Available Through Wayback Machine

Posted on October 2, 2013 by brewster

  (from the Internet Archive’s Archive-it group: Announcing the first ever Archive-It US Government Shutdown Notice Awards!  ) Congress has caused the U.S. federal government to shut down and important websites have gone dark.  Fortunately, we have the Wayback Machine to … Continue reading →

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How to use the Virtual Machine for Researchers

Posted on July 4, 2013 by brewster

Some researchers that are working with the Internet Archive, such as those at University of Massachusetts, have wanted closer access to some of our collections. We are learning how to support this type of “on-campus” use of the collections. This … Continue reading →

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Cost to Store All US Phonecalls Made in a Year in Cloud Storage so it could be Datamined

Posted on June 15, 2013 by brewster

(Cited in Forbes) Because of recent news reports, I wanted to cross check the cost feasibility of the NSA’s recording all of the US phonecalls and processing them. These estimates show only $27M in capital cost, and $2M in electricity … Continue reading →

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National Security Agency ❤ ❤ ❤ Internet Archive?

Posted on May 18, 2013 by brewster

An unclassified document from the National Security Agency from 2007 has some nice words to say about the Internet Archive, Brewster Kahle, and the Wayback Machine. “The Wayback Machine is, very simply, one of the greatest deep web tools ever … Continue reading →

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Brewster Kahle to be Honored with 2013 Amer Lib Assoc LITA/Library Hi Tech Award

Posted on May 10, 2013 by brewster

Brewster Kahle is honored to receive the 2013 LITA/Library Hi Tech Award for Outstanding Communication in Library and Information Technology this year.   It will be awarded at the American Library Association meeting in Chicago in June. http://www.ala.org/news/pr?id=13005  

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Free and Fast ‘Roof2Roof’ Internet Available in Richmond, CA

Posted on May 8, 2013 by brewster

As a free service to Richmond residents, the Internet Archive has installed a 70 foot tower on its physical archive building in Richmond California to offer free and fast Internet to those with roofs that can see the tower.  Those … Continue reading →

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Archive of Historical Computer Software is here

Posted on April 14, 2013 by brewster

Thanks to Jason Scott, lots of deep collecting communities, and volunteers, Jason is announcing that the Internet Archive now hosts some very large software and computer documentation collections, maybe the largest overall host. Yippie! Now we all have to make … Continue reading →

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450,000 Early Journal Articles Now Available

Posted on April 11, 2013 by brewster

Internet Archive announces today the addition of over 450,000 journal articles from the JSTOR Early Journal Content collection. Early Journal Content is a selection of pre-1923 materials from more than 350 journals and includes articles in the arts and humanities, … Continue reading →

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How the Internet Archive is having Great Time with Bitcoin

Posted on April 3, 2013 by brewster

The Internet Archive jumped into bitcoin in 2011 after many people asked to donate bitcoins– a non-techy set up our wallet (good sign), and we got about $2,000 worth of donations that first year.  In 2012 we got about $6,000 … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin <-> Cash Converter Box

Posted on March 5, 2013 by brewster

Bitcoin to Cash Converter Box          (Please leave this page visible on the computer next to the cash box).  To help us try out bitcoins, I am putting up $200 ($100 cash and $100 worth of bitcoins) … Continue reading →

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Idea for a WordPress Plugin for Low-End Bitcoin Storefront

Posted on February 25, 2013 by brewster

The Internet Archive would like to take donations and sell some swag for bitcoins via our wordpress blog.   There are a number of quality third-party plug-ins we could use, but we are dreaming of a simple system that has no … Continue reading →

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Employees to be Paid in Bitcoin: Please Donate

Posted on February 21, 2013 by brewster

(Press about this:  Bitcoin Magazine, The Next Web, arstechnica) As Bitcoin is becoming the “local currency” of the Internet, the Internet Archive would like to help support it and use it.    In the last 2 years, over 300 people … Continue reading →

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New Uploader Handles Bigger Files

Posted on February 12, 2013 by brewster

Today we are launching a new uploader that handles much larger files.  We’ve tested files well over 100GB in size, so if you’re using the right browser it should be able to take care of all your uploading needs.  We … Continue reading →

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