Internet Archive
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Internet Archive, San Francisco
The Internet Archive at the Presidio of San Francisco was founded by Brewster Kahle in 1996 and is dedicated to maintaining an archive of the Internet. Their collections include:
The archive also maintains the Wayback Machine, powered by Alexa Internet. Once given a URL, this tool allows the user to see versions of the corresponding web page over time. Examples of the Wayback Machine's archives:
The archive always waits 6 months before putting pages online.
The archive's total collection, as of 2003, is around 100 terabytes of data. A copy of the data is also maintained at Bibliotheca Alexandrina.
The name Wayback Machine is a reference to a Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoon serial. Mr. Peabody, a bowtie-endowed dog with a professorial air, and his assistant, a boy named Sherman, use a time machine named the Wayback Machine to visit famous events in history, usually going awry for comic reasons.
All their movies, books and recordings are public domain or licensed under a Creative Commons License. The audio section largely includes songs from independent artists, as well as more established ones with permissive rules in regards to the recording of their concerts (e.g. Phish, String Cheese Incident, Dave Matthews Band etc).
Movies in their archive
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