and was dismayed to find it not loading the background image properly. So their "archiving" process has degraded the quality of my site.
I spent some time reading their restrictions on others using their archive. I find it ironic that they put so much effort in restricting others when they themselves take whatever they want.
The whole "for research" premise of their site seems weak to me. If they were serious about that each page would be in a frame that identifies when it was spidered (or stolen) so that a date in time is attached to each archived site. My site appears to have been copied about a year ago. I can put an educated guess on that but I doubt any "researcher" could. Without date-stamping what is the value of their historical archive.
They say they are non-profit. I wonder if they release the salaries and expense accounts of those involved in the project. I've done design jobs for non-profit groups. In one case the director's very large office had a very large marble private washroom with gold fittings. He also had a very elegant private dining room complete with full-time staff to prepare and serve his meals. -- The result is that I no longer see "non-profit" as an excuse for stealing someone else's intellectual property.
If the archive appeared to be doing something more than just copying sites I might not be bothered by their existence. It looks to me that they are just an excuse to get grants and donations.
That's my two-cents worth.
Regards, Ross
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