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[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wonder who’ll end up buying the archive.org domain and what they’ll use it for

[–] norimee@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (3 children)

The archive isn't completely dead with that yet. There is still a lot of free domain stuff and private uploads on there. A lot of public records too.

And I think you can't just randomly buy a .org domain, can you? You have to be officially a nonprofit.

I remember for example couchsurfing had to change from a .org to .com when their tax exempt status was rejected by the irs and they went for profit.

[–] calebegg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago

You definitely can just buy a .org, I own multiple.

[–] bamfic@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Horse shit. I have had several org domains, some for over 20 years now, and never been a nonprofit

[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

The archive isn't completely dead with that yet.

They've just been sued into almost certain bankruptcy.

And I think you can't just randomly buy a .org domain, can you? You have to be officially a nonprofit.

lol, no.

.org just means "organization". There are literally no rules on who can own one.

4chan is a .org domain...

[–] yessikg@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 months ago

Hope somebody buys it and starts using it as an LLM with investors since that's apparently the only way to avoid a lawsuit