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MS Dirty Tricks Archive Trickles Back Online

Posted by kdawson on from the light-of-day dept.

networkBoy writes with word that The Register is following up its story about the Microsoft dirty tricks archive going offline. It appears that several individuals have the pieces to the puzzle and are looking for hosting resources. From the latter article: "The 3,000 document archive from the Comes antitrust trial, which disappeared from the web abruptly when Microsoft settled the case last week, is beginning to trickle back into view. A week ago the site was placed under password protection, Microsoft withdrew its own account of events, and so-called internet 'archive' archive.org apparently also pulled its mirror."

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  1. some of archive on piratebay by wherrera · · Score: 5, Informative

    Seach PirateBay for a torrent called 'iowa'

  2. Re:Is there someone at Archive.org we can ask why? by Animats · · Score: 4, Informative

    I would love to know what 'excuse' Archive.org gave for removing such essential internet history information.

    Anyone have the Internet Archive URL involved?

    Most likely, though, is that the site added a restrictive "robots.txt" file. The Archive obeys the "robots.txt" file retroactively. If you put one up, the Archive will disallow access to all the files that would have been blocked in the past according to the "robots.txt" file.

    The data isn't gone from the Archive, though. Access has just been disallowed. You can ask that it be re-allowed given the legal justification that the information is a public record.

  3. Re:Is there someone at Archive.org we can ask why? by BeProf · · Score: 4, Informative

    IANAL, and I'm not familiar with the details of the case, but...

    When a case was settled out of court and a common feature of such settlements is that the complainant agree to shut their yaps in return for a large financial settlement from the respondant. And if this was an out of court settlement, none of the material in question was ever submitted into evidence and thus never became part of the public record.

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  4. is this it? by metroplex · · Score: 5, Informative

    This appears to be it http://torrents.thepiratebay.org/hashtorrent/36201 52.torrent/iowa.3620152.TPB.torrent 2.58 Gb rar archive split in 31 parts.

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  5. GrokLaw has it by HaeMaker · · Score: 4, Informative

    Groklaw has the entire archive.

    http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200702200 83801959