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DM Smith wrote:
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I think our goal is to work with publishers to obtain their permission
to distribute their work. Doing what we can to protect their interests
is in everyone's best interest.
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There is a FAQ at Archive.org:<br>
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How can I remove my site's pages from the Wayback Machine?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#2">http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#2</a><br>
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Also:<br>
The Oakland Archive Policy<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/conferences/aps/removal-policy.html">http://www2.sims.berkeley.edu/research/conferences/aps/removal-policy.html</a><br>
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It appears that the following kind of lines in a robots.txt file would
keep a file from being archived and remove copies from the archive.<br>
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User-agent: ia_archiver<br>
Disallow: /path/file.zip<br>
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If for some reason it would be good to block all robots from indexing a
file the format for that would be:<br>
User-agent: *<br>
Disallow: /path/file.zip<br>
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See:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://pageresource.com/zine/robotstxt.htm">http://pageresource.com/zine/robotstxt.htm</a><br>
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As to why zip files in the archive may not work see:<br>
<font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> Broken/truncated
.zip files in Wayback Machine</font><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=9151">http://www.archive.org/iathreads/post-view.php?id=9151</a><br>
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Also of interest:<br>
What is the Wayback Machine's Copyright Policy?<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#20">http://www.archive.org/about/faqs.php#20</a><br>
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Internet Archive's Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Copyright Policy<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.archive.org/about/terms.php">http://www.archive.org/about/terms.php</a><br>
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Looking at the Terms of Use it is more understandable why they are
comfortable archiving what they do (for noncommercial, noninfringing or
fair use- scholarship and research).<br>
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Now the question is, if they are correct under those terms to archive
almost anything is there a need to interfere with the process? <br>
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Jerry<br>
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