“We’ve provided about 20-30 companies/teams with our entire dataset. It’s the same data as on our torrents page, but they get access to high-speed SFTP servers.”
“Usually, this is in exchange for a large monetary donation or, on occasion, in exchange for good datasets they acquired,” ‘Anna’s Archivist’ adds, noting that all data they obtain is shared publicly.
The fact that Anna’s Archive is accepting additional datasets as “payment” makes me comfortable that they’re not in this for the money but rather for ideological reasons.
Some have allegedly paid.
The fact that Anna’s Archive is accepting additional datasets as “payment” makes me comfortable that they’re not in this for the money but rather for ideological reasons.