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Celebrating Thirty Years of the Internet Archive with the ‘Class of 1996’ 🎓

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Where the outfit and the backstory come with it. Vintage, rare, unforgettable…just like the early web.

See more of the Class of ’96 ➡️ blog.archive.org/2026/05/07/ce…

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Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved.

Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk.

Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ savethearchive.com/newsleaders…

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So much for the newspaper of record. What made them the newspaper of record is microfilms of NYT back issues in libraries all over the world. I suppose they're thinking having to schlep over to the library and ask the librarian to use the microfilm viewer is a reasonable amount of friction to count as "payment" of sorts, whether or not they get a cut. For all I know, maybe they do. I know nothing of library practices. Are the libraries paying some kind of royalties on periodicals on microfilm? At any rate, surely moneygrubbing every back issue is a disservice to legacy. I do of course understand that piracy is a discourtesy to living authors. Perhaps commerce is all that remains at this point in time.

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