MIT 150: The Top 50

Number 14: The Internet never forgets Why shouldn’t someone be storing a copy of the evolving Web as a historical reference? Brewster Kahle , a 1982 MIT computer science graduate, began building the Internet Archive in 1996, collecting Web pages, as well as television broadcasts, movies, and even bootleg recordings of Grateful Dead concerts – a kind of shadow Library of Congress solely interested in collecting digital materials.
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Number 14: The Internet never forgets

Why shouldn’t someone be storing a copy of the evolving Web as a historical reference? Brewster Kahle, a 1982 MIT computer science graduate, began building the Internet Archive in 1996, collecting Web pages, as well as television broadcasts, movies, and even bootleg recordings of Grateful Dead concerts – a kind of shadow Library of Congress solely interested in collecting digital materials.