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With Archive.org, you get what you pay for. I'd say you get a little bonus with that group because they appear to be relatively well-funded and well-connected, so they are not likely to just disappear one day. Chris Brady, if you want something exactly to your specification, beggars can't be choosers. You'll need to fund your own archive. I have uploaded stuff to Archive.org and don't like their uploading system, and I really don't like that they don't have professional oversight of the metadata, it's just a user-entered "groupsource" cluster-you-know-what. This makes searching unreliable and descriptions sometimes useless. I always get the sense that there's a goldmine of stuff I'm interested in buried in Archive.org but I'll never have the patience to find it because it's mis-filed, mis-described or uploaded incorrectly. But it's free and there's a ton of interesting information up there, sprinkled with plenty of junk and porn. Like the rest of the interwebs. -- Tom Fine ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy A. Riddle" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, May 19, 2014 8:03 PM Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Spam Free Archives > The volunteer group I've worked with for awhile, the Old Time Radio > Researcher's Group, uses archive.org as the permanent home of their > "certified" radio series - they make new transfers of discs or early > generation tapes and try to find the best existing copy of shows in a > series and put the resulting files there. > > Archive.org also has partnerships with libraries that are digitizing books > and other materials at the site. > > I uploaded some collections of audio related to a 30s-60s gay nightclub > performer, Ray Bourbon, to archive.org some time ago as well as three > documentaries I produced in the 1990s. I'm happy with it as a public home > for this digital material. > > Since users can upload material, some spam gets through, but does come down > eventually. > > I'd say it's still the best option. > > Randy > > ________________ > Randy A. Riddle > [log in to unmask] > www.coolcatdaddy.com > > > > > On Mon, May 19, 2014 at 7:40 PM, Tim Stamps <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> My take on this is that archive.org is still the best option. >> The fact that they have been overtaken by spam means they >> need a spring-cleaning. If enough people write in with complaints, >> I am sure they will comply as best they can. Any other public site is >> bound to fall victim as well - after all, it *is* the internet. >> For a perpetually free-from-spam site, you may need to look for >> one that requires logins, or even paid registrations or subscriptions >> but that would certainly limit your audience significantly. >> A subscription site like ARSC would be a good option, if they >> were interested in setting up an online archive site for members. >> >> Tim S. >> >> >> On May 19, 2014, at 11:38 AM, CJB wrote: >> >> > I have a number of archival recordings both sound and video to upload >> > to archive sites in perpetuity - or for as long as the Internet >> > exists. >> > >> > I thought of YouTube - however its is not audio file friendly, it >> > appends adverts, and there is a LOT of junk on there. Also being owned >> > by Google it is subject to ephemeral whims as to which files are >> > allowed to remain and which are summarily removed. >> > >> > Then I thought that Archive.org would be a good option. Its easy to >> > upload files, metadata can be added, it does not carry advertising, >> > and once uploaded a file is converted into numerous forts, and there >> > is also a number of download options. BUT ... I have now found that >> > there are considerable uploads of porn material and files advertising >> > the services of prostitutes etc. such as Indian woman in Dubai (FGS). >> > >> > So do folks here know of other reliable - and importantly porn free - >> > serious archive sites? >> > >> > Thanks - >> > >> > Chris B. >> > >