Internet Archive Gets DMCA Exemption To Help Archive Vintage Software

In 2003 the Internet Archive, as part of research into vintage software archiving,
discovered possible archiving issues involving the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
This could make it impossible to legally archive early computer software and games,
even for accredited institutions wishing to store limited amounts of non-distributable,
archival images.

It’s vital to make proper archival copies of these artefacts,
because the life of magnetic media such as floppy discs has been estimated at 10 to 30 years.
Time is running out to properly archive much of this large body of work for safekeeping,
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