Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Announced today, the Internet Archive has been designated as a federal depository library by Senator Alex Padilla. The designation was made via letter to Scott Matheson, Superintendent of Documents at the U.S. Government Publishing Office.
Yes, because it gives them full legal access to share basically everything ever published by the US government. It’s not a magic bullet for all their woes or anything, but it is one less thing to worry about.
I don’t think it’s so much one less thing to worry about, rather it gives them some way to argue that they shouldn’t be shut down as the result of any lawsuit. But that doesn’t mean such an argument would be successful.