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Originally Posted by Catlady
When you see, say, a short story collection that notes that each story is public domain or was "reprinted by permission," do you attempt to verify that the publisher indeed has the right to reprint each story, or do you assume that it has? Why not make the same assumption with a legitimate website disseminating material?
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Because, unfortunately, although "archive.org" has many admirable qualities, when it comes to that particular aspect of it, I personally would not consider it to be an entirely "legitimate website", for the reasons that I've already stated (ie it allows uncurated uploads).
You may choose to ignore my caution, and of course that's your decision to make, but if someone reads this thread and takes a second look at the material that a search at "archive.org" returns as a result, this thread will have served a useful purpose.