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From Archive.org, Free Multimedia Hosting for Life

powerline22 writes "From the people who gave you the Internet Archive comes Ourmedia, a place for grassroots media to flourish. Upload anything, maybe a video, some pictures, your custom applescript, and it gets hosted for free, for life. Drupal is hosting the site, and the Internet Archive is providing hosting and bandwidth for the files."

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  1. Already been using it for 9 months by Radix37 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    At my website... it wouldn't exist at the size it is now without archive.

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    Speed Demos Archive - Lots of speed runs!
  2. GREAT for independent musicians by Trolling4Columbine · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Now they don't have to buy storage and bandwidth to host their music.

    Not sure what hosting costs your average indy band, but anything that saves them even a few bucks is a boon.

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    Socialism: A feeling of discontent and resentment caused by a desire for the possessions or qualities of another.
  3. Wikipedia by pHatidic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I see that they are partnered with wikipedia, what exactly is the relationship of this partnership?

  4. Interesting Funding by r00td43m0n · · Score: 2, Interesting

    The about page on archive.org states they received funding from 'Alexa Internet' http://www.alexa.com/. Is this the same Alexa that is known for spyware applications?