Brewster Kahle, Founder, Internet Archive. If you find our site useful, please chip in. We never accept ads.īut we still need to pay for servers and staff. Collect web pages? Who’d want to read a book on a screen? For 21 years, we’ve backed up the Web, so if government data or entire newspapers disappear, we can say: We Got This. When I started this, people called me crazy.

If everyone chips in $5, we can keep this going for free.įor the cost of a used paperback, we can share a book online forever. Our work is powered by donations averaging about $41. We’re an independent, non-profit website that the entire world depends on. $5 becomes $20! Dear Internet Archive Supporter, I ask only once a year: please help the Internet Archive today. Donor challenge: A generous supporter will match your donation 3 to 1 right now. But we still need to pay for servers and staff. Who’d want to read a book on a screen? For 21 years, we’ve backed up the Web, so if government data or entire newspapers disappear, we can say: We Got This.

For the cost of a used paperback, we can share a book online forever. If everyone chips in $5, we can keep this going for free.

The Internet Archive is a bargain, but we need your help. We have only 150 staff but run one of the world’s top websites. The key is to keep improving-and to keep it free. When I started this, people called me crazy.Ĭollect web pages? Who’d want to read a book on a screen? For 21 years, we’ve backed up the Web, so if government data or entire newspapers disappear, we can say: We Got This.

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