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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/something4422 on 2024-09-05 12:33:23+00:00.

I come from r/Piracy . Everyone there always complains that many sites are being taken down by big corps that want their last nickel. Now they are going after something that both communities value a lot, TIA. We are witnessing the burning of Alexandria’s library on a much MUCH bigger scale.

So much knowledge, for free, for absolutely everyone with internet access.

The best libraries in history pale in comparison. There is SO much potential…

This is a fucking crime.

But I don’t see people brainstorming ideas to try and do something about it.

As I understand there’s around 212pb of data in TIA.

I’m not a tech guy, so forgive me if this proposition or idea sounds stupid.

We are 1.8M users in the Piracy sub, you have 772K, and I assume many more outside of it that value the internet archive.

Would it be possible that each user downloads a small portion of it, and then uploads it as a torrent in a P2P way, or maybe distribute it among lets say, 3000 different sites, each one with a name that references it’s position, like TIAsiteone.com for the first 1000 tera or whatever. Just throwing numbers randomly. It would be difficult to organize. I think thats the main problem. But if we just keep throwing and refining ideas we may be capable of doing something.

I ask here because I assume there’s a crossover… I took the shot.

You have the storage capacity, we users and I suppose the hosting side of it.