[GOAL] Internet Archive Mirroring in Canada to Protect from Trump

[Heather Morrison]

Thank you for the alert, Stevan.

This might be a good moment to consider / re-consider the question of archiving for sustainable long-term open access. It is true that Canada is not the U.S. - but the U.S. is our main trading partner and a friendly neighbour but also a very powerful neighbour with whom we share not only a very long border but also intelligence information.

I argue that multiple copies of archives, not only in friendly neighbouring countries but also in regions that are different both geographically and politically, is in the best long-term interests of ongoing sharing of our collective knowledge.

Thoughts?


Heather Morrison

On 2016-11-30, at 11:12 AM, Stevan Harnad <amsciforum at gmail.com<mailto:amsciforum at gmail.com>>
 wrote:

We're only just beginning to see the long, dark reach of what the deplorables have wrought upon the planet... (Thank goodness the Canadian government today is Trudeau's liberals and not Harper's "conservatives.")

http://thenextweb.com/politics/2016/11/30/trump-scares-internet-archive-canada/
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