Internet Archive founder Brewster Kahle said that while the nonprofit organization has always functioned as a library, this new designation makes it easier to work with the other federal depository libraries. That, he said, is a service to everyone.

“ I think there is a great deal of excitement to have an organization such as the Internet Archive, which has physical collections of materials, but is really known mostly for being accessible as part of the internet,” Kahle said. “And helping integrate these materials into things like Wikipedia, so that the whole internet ecosystem gets stronger as digital learners get closer access into the government materials.”

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    24 days ago

    How so? As far as I can tell all this means is they’re added to a list of official places storing public documents. Beyond the slight bragging rights, slightly increased sense of legitimacy in upcoming lawsuits and… I guess the server costs? this seems pretty neutral. I don’t even think you need the official designation to actually store the documents in question.

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        23 days ago

        So nothing good can come from this.

        Why?

        Donald Trump.

        How does that follow? Again I ask, you are aware that the US government has more than one person in it, right?