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Where do you dump content that someone else might enjoy some day? (feddit.org)

submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sometimes I stumble across content that I have been looking for for a while or that I know is rare or missing "out there". Might be that I snipe a rare CD from the 90s on eBay. Might be that I get my hands on some ancient software or driver CD or some old firmware images that might be relevant for retro computing. Might be that I have some scans of a repair manual or schematics that is impossible to get.

Point is: I can't exactly put that stuff on archive.org, but it feels like I should put it somewhere so that the next person searching for it has an easier time and also so that some culturally relevant things don't get lost. What is your solution to that problem?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I'd say just put it on archive.org. Just use a VPN and no email that can be traced to you.

Worst thing really that will happen is that it'll get removed?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

And used a Password Manager, so your password don't end up on haveibeenpwned after their site gets hacked by assholes who do not understand code of war

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That seems wrong to me as you're just making archive.org a bigger target when you know it's not something they can legally host (hence the VPN and anon email).

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

I mean, if it's old and no one cares, I really don't think it's a big deal. Yeah, there's risk, but they likely get DMCAs already all the freakin time from more recent stuff. There's no risk for them because they're not the perpetrators, their users are.