Internet Archive, a non-profit organization assembled in the 1990’s to build an internet-based library of digital collections has seemingly flipped positions, announcing an ambitious plan to store paper copies of every book they are able to acquire. With more than 100 million published works out there, Internet Archive wants to save one copy of every book ever published in the world. However, the company realistically hopes to establish long-term storage for approximately one copy of up to 10 million print books.
I find this both hilarious and gratifying. They were apparently inspired when they discovered people destroyed books Internet Archive scanned. Also: bit rot! Flipped bits! Actual terms that can be quoted in papers!
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