“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.

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The Internet Archive recently archived its trillionth webpage and was designated a federal depository library, but founder Brewster Kahle reflects on the cost of recent copyright battles. Legal fights forced the removal of over 500,000 books from the Open Library, though the organization survived and currently faces no major lawsuits. Despite the setbacks to its digital library mission, Kahle continues moving forward with new initiatives while the Wayback Machine remains operational after nearly 25 years.

Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost

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Writers lose long-term discoverability for short term gain. Just have to laugh at these authors erasing themselves from history.

People hate that there’s a site, which will remind them of any online content they posted years ago, but they’d like it hidden now. This is why sometimes The Internet Archive is frowned upon.
Of course, on this very subject, I believe that the author (or whoever purchased their rights) is in their right to pursue short-term money gain over a long-term culture society gains.

One day in history , they will be remembered along with linus torvalds :)