Always helpful Aaron Tunn sent along This Article that asks:
Could the information age spell the death of information? This is a genuine risk that proper action to store websites and other electronic information can avoid. Now the British have enacted legislation so that electronic publications would be saved for future generations.
Under the programme, the British Library will take a leading role in negotiating permission with authors and owners to collect UK web sites in partnership with other institutions, nationally and internationally. Given the huge scale and dynamic nature of the web – there are currently more than 4 million UK-based web sites – the Library does not consider it feasible or affordable to aim at truly comprehensive coverage. The approach will be selective and based on voluntary terms negotiated with the web site owners.
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