Category Archives: News

Zoia Horn, librarian and activist, dies

Posted on July 15, 2014 by internetarchive

July 12, 2014 marked the passing of an extraordinary librarian, Zoia Horn. Ms. Horn was best known in library circles for spending three weeks in jail in 1972 for having refused to testify before a grand jury regarding information relating … Continue reading →

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Free the Screenshots!

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Jason Scott

As the Archive moves more widely into the archiving of software, it quickly becomes apparent that there’s going to be an awful lot of programs online without much indication of what they are. With many thousands of programs or program … Continue reading →

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Working to Stop Rewriting Copyright Laws via TPP Treaty

Posted on July 9, 2014 by brewster

The Internet Archive joined Our Fair Deal along with EFF and Public Knowledge to stop the US from using the Trans-Pacific Partnership treaty from changing our copyright laws. The coalition sent two open letters to TPP negotiators today on critical … Continue reading →

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Happy Hour at The Interval, Tuesday July 8 at 6pm

Posted on June 30, 2014 by internetarchive

The Long Now Foundation works to encourage long term thinking in our increasingly “now” oriented culture (read more about them and their projects below). Long Now just opened a new cafe, bar and event space called The Interval at Fort Mason Center. … Continue reading →

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1 Year Later: NSA Revelations, Debate and Dire Prospects

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Roger Macdonald

Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. Benjamin Franklin, November 15, 1755 A year ago today, Glenn Greenwald published the first article on the extent of NSA surveillance, based … Continue reading →

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Peering at a Dark Time in Tiananmen Square Through Stokes Archive Glass

Posted on June 4, 2014 by Roger Macdonald

Twenty five years ago Tiananmen Square was splashed with the blood of protestors. For seven weeks they had banded together to advocate a democratic future for the Peoples Republic of China. Their voices were stilled June 4, 1989 by the … Continue reading →

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The Console Living Room Expands

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Jason Scott

Back on the day after Christmas, we announced the Console Living Room, a collection of console games dating from the 1970s through the 1980s that could be played right in your browser, with no plugins or installation necessary. With over … Continue reading →

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It’s a Party at the Archive’s new Warehouse!

Posted on May 23, 2014 by internetarchive

The new 50,000 square foot warehouse will be used to house 160 shipping containers to hold over 6 million books, but for now is ours to play in! Come celebrate with us! Food will be served and we will host … Continue reading →

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Authors Alliance Launch at Internet Archive, May 21

Posted on May 15, 2014 by internetarchive

Wednesday, May 21 2014 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm The Authors Alliance embraces the unprecedented potential digital networks have for the creation and distribution of knowledge and culture. We represent the interests of authors who want to harness this potential … Continue reading →

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Wayback Machine Hits 400,000,000,000!

Posted on May 9, 2014 by michelle

The Wayback Machine, a digital archive of the World Wide Web, has reached a landmark with 400 billion webpages indexed. This makes it possible to surf the web as it looked anytime from late 1996 up until a few hours ago. … Continue reading →

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Rick Prelinger: NO MORE ROAD TRIPS! – Tuesday, May 13 at 6:30PM

Posted on May 7, 2014 by junegoldsmith

Tuesday, May 13 NO MORE ROAD TRIPS! Internet Archive, San Francisco 6:30 reception / 7:30 screening ADVANCE TICKET PURCHASE HIGHLY ADVISED. Ticket link here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/671840 This is the second Bay Area screening of Rick Prelinger’s new film, which showed last year … Continue reading →

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Let Our Video Go

Posted on May 7, 2014 by Roger Macdonald

UI / UX Advances in Freeing Information Enslaved by an Ancient Egyptian Model Or… Why Video Scrolling is so Last Millenniums In creating an open digital research library of television news, we have been challenged by being unable to reference … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive Declares Spacewar!

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Jason Scott

Like everything else in history, debate rages about when the “first” video game came into being. Games and demonstrations such as “Tennis for Two” (1958), “NIM” (1951) and “Mouse in the Maze” (1959), played on million dollar equipment for the … Continue reading →

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Heartbleed bug and the Archive

Posted on April 9, 2014 by brewster

Bottom line: The Internet Archive is safe to use. Internet Archive has always been interested in protecting the privacy of our patrons. We try not to record IP addresses, and when Edward Snowden showed that traffic going over the open … Continue reading →

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Lost Landscapes of Oakland, movie in SF Tuesday April 8

Posted on April 3, 2014 by junegoldsmith

Tuesday, April 8, 2014 6:30 pm Reception 7:30 pm Film Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 Please RSVP here Join film archivist Rick Prelinger for the first-ever East Bay-focused presentation in his lauded series of ‘Lost Landscapes’ … Continue reading →

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Archive and ALA brief filed in Warrantless Cell Phone Search Case

Posted on March 11, 2014 by internetarchive

On Monday, March 10, the Internet Archive and the American Library Association with the assistance of the law firm Goodwin Procter filed a “friend of the court” brief in David Leon Riley v. State of California and United States v. … Continue reading →

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Wayback/WABAC Movie Party, March 7th at 5pm

Posted on March 3, 2014 by internetarchive

The Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, launched in 2001, was named after Mr. Peabody’s WABAC machine from the 1960s cartoon Rocky and Bullwinkle. This Friday we are going to celebrate our own time travel machine by going to see a movie about … Continue reading →

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New Software Collection: Making the Business Case

Posted on February 14, 2014 by Jason Scott

The Internet Archive continues its goal of bringing the same experience of older software that we have with movies, books and audio. This newest collection, just in time for Valentine’s Day (?), is called The Business Case, and is a continually-growing … Continue reading →

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We want your old T-shirts. Really.

Posted on January 25, 2014 by Alexis Rossi

The Internet Archive is headquartered in a building that used to be a Christian Science church. The great room includes a gorgeous stained glass dome, a pipe organ, and graceful wooden pews. We seat 400+ people in this space to … Continue reading →