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[QUERENT] Internet Archive

[SYSTEM] The [Internet Archive](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESTAHrOzAVh0_ENoUY-zYK-L25amic5RRDdKSRemaVCpLtmeCER-rO0ohvoUpY0uHLXPcJjYhCnlZ4jnReAB3-s_wRCz_yLNemh3dYMtE) is a non-profit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and headquartered in San Francisco, California. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESTAHrOzAVh0_ENoUY-zYK-L25amic5RRDdKSRemaVCpLtmeCER-rO0ohvoUpY0uHLXPcJjYhCnlZ4jnReAB3-s_wRCz_yLNemh3dYMtE), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVKk0kJyfnKhHp-BfYzQYRKnyroolmEkWINJAPoLyuvFaOuEtF69LTnZ27ltRO3YPzhCQ30MElh9GBEZJF2P3ox44NIhJqP23t2G4h4QmNtM27ZOdUk4XSUMylnUbmczKx2g)]
What It Offers

* Wayback Machine: A digital time capsule that stores over 1 trillion web captures, allowing you to see how websites looked in the past. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESTAHrOzAVh0_ENoUY-zYK-L25amic5RRDdKSRemaVCpLtmeCER-rO0ohvoUpY0uHLXPcJjYhCnlZ4jnReAB3-s_wRCz_yLNemh3dYMtE), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVKk0kJyfnKhHp-BfYzQYRKnyroolmEkWINJAPoLyuvFaOuEtF69LTnZ27ltRO3YPzhCQ30MElh9GBEZJF2P3ox44NIhJqP23t2G4h4QmNtM27ZOdUk4XSUMylnUbmczKx2g)]
* Free Digital Library: Access to millions of free books, texts, audio recordings (including live concert archives), movies, software, and TV/radio news broadcasts. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZwHrOzAVPyhNJkyi65Dx8ttk9hgvC_e1rAyigX2LCc1knXs0S0ISqwSY1erQwS8AjoOww-LNYmZiIq-6WsuDGJLwK-PriJvowrw3E24lXCC8x4Nczcb850VXhndnQgFYYh9g7rbcatg), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESTAHrOzAVh0_ENoUY-zYK-L25amic5RRDdKSRemaVCpLtmeCER-rO0ohvoUpY0uHLXPcJjYhCnlZ4jnReAB3-s_wRCz_yLNemh3dYMtE)]
* Open Library: A project allowing users to borrow digitized physical books like a traditional library. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVKk0kJyfnKhHp-BfYzQYRKnyroolmEkWINJAPoLyuvFaOuEtF69LTnZ27ltRO3YPzhCQ30MElh9GBEZJF2P3ox44NIhJqP23t2G4h4QmNtM27ZOdUk4XSUMylnUbmczKx2g), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZwHrOzAVPyhNJkyi65Dx8ttk9hgvC_e1rAyigX2LCc1knXs0S0ISqwSY1erQwS8AjoOww-LNYmZiIq-6WsuDGJLwK-PriJvowrw3E24lXCC8x4Nczcb850VXhndnQgFYYh9g7rbcatg)]
* Save Page Now: A tool that lets you manually snapshot and archive a live web page on demand. [[1](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/wayback-machine/fpnmgdkabkmnadcjpehmlllkndpkmiak), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZwHrOzAVPyhNJkyi65Dx8ttk9hgvC_e1rAyigX2LCc1knXs0S0ISqwSY1erQwS8AjoOww-LNYmZiIq-6WsuDGJLwK-PriJvowrw3E24lXCC8x4Nczcb850VXhndnQgFYYh9g7rbcatg)]

Key Details

* Status: 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZgHrOzAVKk0kJyfnKhHp-BfYzQYRKnyroolmEkWINJAPoLyuvFaOuEtF69LTnZ27ltRO3YPzhCQ30MElh9GBEZJF2P3ox44NIhJqP23t2G4h4QmNtM27ZOdUk4XSUMylnUbmczKx2g)]
* Preservation Work: Digitizes books page-by-page and archives cultural artifacts, government documents, and defunct websites to maintain public internet history. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESZAHrOzAVuwm1MWxrbjivh_jJuI3w1GcRheGrQtEWORxY1lFIP3kPPebjmzw6XUszO5j9NE4_l0RUbgHc9ZqRKlUadeZY0oo1LYSF1aiUazbWYebh62ZsnEd0LMHjLQThO81oP1Y), [2](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXAHrOzAVXIzGe25tIG9ZVQcHnknG9t2tvn3mVVDVGWbFEdnR5lnLDBx4I3abXSw2tTUQS_Mo9CObM_zj0Z6uc8e1IaC2cqTxp-KkbS_Cf6dSMlceA91I_Wjia6jP), [3](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESzgEB6zswFSzboedHfMlMe1almrRvcSnELxfR45ii_Xtz2iImcEffVHbJ7xcPWYSJmaiBXMvkqyrrC44bJaMpdoI4IYpcwb6WHHayK54qoi488zQdPs_anA8xyLGYKZ_hBHEvXCi9Cns7csVjMAazmNcGJZD2ki6ciGToWwAXU4qzEt93HgUNKS_Kz5QyWahEr1W9f7sD6yl6H-Q88vlFJXVkwRPU_ATJAdVOKDocLN16Ry8aQhAKX1v-s0ULdffZnjcOJnwAVXaUDCYEDFKXJA)]
* Copyright & Community: Most content focuses on public domain or archived material, and users on [Reddit](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESkgEB6zswFV0uHC4wLqv7Wt2rREk2-t2zhPY2i6XmH0aSZnd4aZ5cgD2yDGgZYI1prIRGRxe5uZi23BJyyjGcUR8S5CCRVzLuYOVMd-O5330odtZFMdRQq-9swiax7peXRV_-1xiDXS8uQadTjjhHZxCVJgKMR2MjA0jFNixFYGL95xOAcrX4NuMKUbl8K02G4N_Q8w) generally note that it honors DMCA takedown requests and site-exclusion preferences like `robots.txt`. [[1](https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESkgEB6zswFV0uHC4wLqv7Wt2rREk2-t2zhPY2i6XmH0aSZnd4aZ5cgD2yDGgZYI1prIRGRxe5uZi23BJyyjGcUR8S5CCRVzLuYOVMd-O5330odtZFMdRQq-9swiax7peXRV_-1xiDXS8uQadTjjhHZxCVJgKMR2MjA0jFNixFYGL95xOAcrX4NuMKUbl8K02G4N_Q8w)]

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