Internet Archive
archive.orgDigital Library of Free & Borrowable Texts, Movies, Music & Wayback Machine
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About
The Internet Archive is a non-profit digital library that provides free public access to millions of books, movies, music, and archived websites. It operates the Wayback Machine, which preserves snapshots of websites over time. Users can borrow or freely access a vast range of digitized cultural and historical materials.
Problem
Valuable cultural, historical, and web content is at risk of being lost or becoming inaccessible over time.
For
general public, researchers, historians, and anyone seeking free access to digital media
How it works
The Internet Archive crawls and archives web pages, digitizes physical media, and hosts user-uploaded content, making it all freely accessible through a public web interface.
Business model
free
Status
launched
Company
Internet Archive
Launched
1996