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‘It could disappear for ever’: Anger over sale of George Orwell archive (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] Gigasser 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I wonder if internet archive would be able to purchase some of these...

[–] Diplomjodler3 4 points 3 months ago

That would be the job of national archives. In the past, writers or publishers would just have offered these papers for free to the relevant institutions. But these days everything is seen as a profit opportunity.