Note also that in the comments Crosbie Fitch admits to being one of
the 'crazies' that Patry partially credits for helping him make this
decision.
F
On Aug 3, 2008, at 3:28 PM, "Elizabeth Stark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
One can close comments to avoid trolls. I don't agree with his
decision, and I don't think we'll necessarily always be able to rely
on archive.org to back the internet up. We call this the "memory
hole" in JZ's Cyberlaw course.
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Denver Gingerich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Elizabeth Stark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Despite its (semi-)availability on the wayback machine, I'm a bit
shocked
> that he deleted his archives! It's one thing to stop blogging, but
another
> to delete your entire history of doing so. In the field of law and
> technology scholarship we often rely on sources like these (i.e.
we dealt
> with a lot of citations to blog posts on the Journal of Law and
Technology),
> and the potential for them to disappear like that is rather
haunting...
He is considering re-posting the archives, according to a comment he
left on his last post. He also explains his rationale for removing
the archives:
William Patry said...
"[...] I will think about the archive point; I deleted prior posts
because leaving them up meant subjecting myself to the same
misunderstandings that led me to close the blog. And even for this
last post, one attracts trolls. [...]"
Denver
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