Author Archives: Brewster Kahle

Books from 1923 to 1941 Now Liberated!

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

[press: boingboing] The Internet Archive is now leveraging a little known, and perhaps never used, provision of US copyright law, Section 108h, which allows libraries to scan and make available materials published 1923 to 1941 if they are not being … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, News, Open Library | 48 Comments

Why Bitcoin is on the Internet Archive’s Balance Sheet

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

  A foundation was curious as to why we have Bitcoin on our balance sheet, and I thought I would explain it publicly. The Internet Archive explores how bitcoin and other Internet innovations can be useful in the non-profit sphere– … Continue reading →

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Dreaming of Semantic Audio Restoration at a Massive Scale

Posted on June 3, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

I believe we can do a fabulous job of bringing the music from the 78rpm era back to vibrant life if we really understand wear and if we could model the instruments and voices. In other words, I believe we … Continue reading →

Posted in 78rpm, Announcements, Audio Archive, Music | 3 Comments

A Few Advanced Search Tips

Posted on April 16, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

The Internet Archive’s search engine is based on Elastic Search and implemented by Aaron Ximm.  Learning how to use the search engine can help using the website, but also using the command line tools for working with the Internet Archive.  … Continue reading →

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Books Donated for MacArthur Foundation 100&Change Challenge from BookMooch Users

Posted on March 29, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

Thank you to the people that are starting to send books to the Internet Archive to be digitized.  The Internet Archive digitizes already, but as semifinalists for a $100million grant from the MacArthur Foundation, we are ramping up. Our proposal … Continue reading →

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KittenFeed– sometimes a suddenly popular site leverages the Wayback Machine

Posted on March 23, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

From of the leader of the Wayback Machine project: Lucy (17 year old girl from SF) setup TrumpScratch.com Press reports suggest she received a cease and desist letter from the Trump organization in New York (update: now that letter is contested). … Continue reading →

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Apple Pie Potluck and Constitutional Law Teach-In — Friday Feb 17th 5:30-9PM

Posted on February 11, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

Initial information — more details to come: In honor of the General Strike: Constitutional Law Teach-in at the Internet Archive with EFF and Others EFF and other lawyers will lead a conversation about the current issues and threats in constitutional law. … Continue reading →

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Upgraded Secure Communications Applications I am Now Using

Posted on February 3, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

I am upgrading the security of my communications while still being easy to use. I thought I would share what I currently use in case it is helpful to copy and I would appreciate comments. I want end-to-end encryption so … Continue reading →

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Micropayments to Archive.org by using the Brave Browser (and bitcoin)

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Brewster Kahle

I hope Ted Nelson is proud. The Internet Archive just signed up for getting micropayments from participating Brave Browser users.  Brave Browser is an alt-browser for controlling ads, mostly, but they added a micropayments feature (beta). You need put in … Continue reading →

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Would Like to Archive Government Web Services, not just Web Sites– Please help

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Brewster Kahle

Archiving .gov and .mil websites is going on now, with lots of help—but what if we could archive full government web services? This would mean keeping interactive sites that include databases and forms, available for future use even if the original … Continue reading →

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