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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. Is there someone at Archive.org we can ask why? by gurps_npc · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would love to know what 'excuse' Archive.org gave for removing such essential internet history information. It seems to be there reason for existence.

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    1. Re:Is there someone at Archive.org we can ask why? by cperciva · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I would love to know what 'excuse' Archive.org gave for removing such essential internet history information. It seems to be there reason for existence.

      The people who run archive.org aren't immune from copyright law. The legality of their archive is questionable at best, but if the copyright owner for some documents or web sites asks that they be removed, the legality is no longer questionable.

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  2. Please, for the love of Pete by vyrus128 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Forget hosting and start Bittorrenting the documents! They're almost certainly public record at this point, so it's not like MS can prosecute you for it. If you're really worried about that, dump them on Freenet. These documents are critical historical records -- they need to be distributed as widely as possible.

  3. Offtopic - really... by djupedal · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I've harbored strict disdain for MS's penchant for rewriting history for many years. That's my opinion & I'm sticking to it blah, blah, blah... Who but MS would be behind pushing to take 'dirty tricks' offline? Why is it they retain their stripes and heavy-handedness in today's flash-react internet where a corporations' past is never more than a few clicks away? When will MS learn to stop pulling stunts and take the high road? Rhetorical questions, all, and one of the main reasons behind my brief and opinionated comment.

    So I was brief - big deal. Sorry if brevity of opinion ticks off the MS crowd (not), but I see nothing in the rules that says brevity is cause for being modded down - fp or no. Do I feel pain for the slackjaws that need everything spelled o u t? Ummm..not today, sorry.

    Mod how you like, but slapping 'offtopic' on something that isn't, is weak...really weak. So go right ahead. Waste your mod points, I'll wear 'em like a badge :)