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Originally Posted by Katsunami
In that case, if me downloading the book through the Way Back Machine can be considered piracy (or at least, unethical), the logical followup is that the Way Back Machine itself is committing a copyright violation by keeping the old page and files on record and publicly available.
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Good Point!
Here is the Internet Archive's Terms of Use, Privacy Policy, and Copyright Policy
https://archive.org/about/terms.php
If you read through it they do not guarantee that all material is free of copyright restrictions, in fact they state that the 'researcher' must abide by local Intellectial Property laws
and that
"The Internet Archive may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, remove certain content or disable access to content that appears to infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of others. If you believe that your copyright has been violated by material available through the Internet Archive, please provide the Internet Archive Copyright Agent with the following information:
Identification of the copyrighted work that you claim has been infringed;
An exact description of where the material about which you complain is located within the Internet Archive collections;
Your address, telephone number, and email address;
A statement by you that you have a good-faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law;
A statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your notice is accurate and that you are the owner of the copyright interest involved or are authorized to act on behalf of that owner; and
Your electronic or physical signature.
The Internet Archive Copyright Agent can be reached as follows:
Internet Archive Copyright Agent
Internet Archive
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Phone: 415-561-6767
Email:
info@archive.org"