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It's harder to find them than I expected, but one search with a result is "super mario wonder nsp". I had the advantage of knowing the format(s) Switch game dumps come in, though, so the average person might not find much.
jrflowers | parent
I’m getting a “no results found” response from that search. Maybe it has already been taken down?
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Dalewyn | root | parent
Here ya go:

https://archive.org/details/super-mario-bros.-wonder-nspe-sh...

Note to dang and friends: Not condoning piracy or whatever, this is simply to prove a point that Internet Archive hosts and distributes warez with wanton abandon.

jrflowers | root | parent | next
I’m kind of curious how this indicates “wanton abandon”

Have you downloaded and checked this file to make sure that it is a playable copy of Super Mario Wonder rather than some other file labeled as such? Have you reported it, and if so how long ago?

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jquery | root | parent | next
https://www.google.com/search?q=Super+Mario+Bros.+Wonder+%28...

Second link on the page. How is this warez distributor still online?

protocolture | root | parent
Are you telling me... that an archive has... archived something?

Calling the cops right now!

tombert | root | parent | next
Public and University libraries are also archives, but they follow strict guidelines to stay within the bounds of copyright law and fair use. There are limitations on how you can view the archived copyrighted material, limitations on how you can do so, etc. No one is claiming that "archives" are a bad thing, at least not that I've seen.

What I'm complaining about with IA specifically is that they're basically taking the MegaUpload approach of pretending that flagrant disregard for copyright law is totally fine, and then hiding behind vague data harboring laws and shouting "We're an archive so it's fine!!!!". Depending on how far you want to go, you can say that ThePirateBay or LimeTorrents is also an archive, but most people don't dispute that those sites are piracy.

If IA broke copyright law only in regards to something like AbandonWare, I wouldn't really be complaining, because that is something that should be archived and if it's truly abandonware then you're not even eating into potential profits, but that's not what's happening. Even the act of archiving copyrighted material that's still for sale is fine, but they should be operating within the bounds of the typical library archiving standards, which I don't think that they're doing.

As I said, if I'm aware of how easy it is to get pirated material on IA, then I'm quite confident that their staff is too.

protocolture | root | parent
Right but they are breaking weird dumb specific laws. They arent posting ebooks for free, they are specifically linking them to the number of physical copies they have on hand. Like lending your mate a copy of your own book. The issue seems to be whether they have the specific right to transform a physical book into a digital book for the purposes of lending. Its not the megaupload approach at all.
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Dalewyn | root | parent
Internet Archive is engaging in redistribution with flagrant disregard for the law, so it is not an archive despite what it says on the tin.

Note that preservation and redistribution are two very different things, there are very specific limitations to redistributing something you don't have explicit licensing or permissions for.

Further reading: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108

protocolture | root | parent
>flagrant disregard for the law

The law should be disregarded. Its stupid.

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