• General_Effort@lemmy.worldOP
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    16 hours ago

    But I’m talking about archived webpages and information previously available to the public with zero commercial value that has been removed.

    It is still “intellectual property”. Maybe the policy is to just oblige removal requests if the content doesn’t seem to be of public interest. Cause why not, right? Look at all the people here on Lemmy angry that their worthless posts are scraped or deleting them on Reddit. Obliging takedown requests is certainly the path of least resistance.

    • Bloomcole@lemmy.world
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      14 hours ago

      I suppose that could be it.
      For some reason I had the idea everything on there would stay there forever like valuable artefacts in a museum to be studied by future generations.
      Thanks again.