, continuing its mission to provide "universal access to all knowledge" while remaining a primary battleground for the definition of digital copyright.
: Some items on the Archive are access-restricted or intended for lending through programs like the Open Library internet archive pirates 2005
While the 2005 controversy regarding the Grateful Dead was eventually resolved (streaming returned, but with tighter controls), the event scarred the community. Many collectors moved to private torrent trackers (like Dimeadozen or Etree), believing that a decentralized "swarm" was safer than a centralized Archive that could be sued or shut down. , continuing its mission to provide "universal access
The debate that intensified in 2005 centered on whether digitizing and sharing content without explicit permission from copyright holders was a "charitable public service" or a "large-scale infringement enterprise". but with tighter controls)