There are legal obstacles to doing that. Internet Archive has special exemptions from copyright law due to its status as a library.
Also, IPFS isn't magic. It doesn't magically make space actually become available.
Peter Todd
npub1ej…3ndrm
2026-05-09 21:10:22 UTC
in reply to nevent1q…ympj
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