‘Rogue’ archivists are creating a copy of Gawker.com so that it will never die

[PeterK]

Gawker.com will cease operations next week, but a group of digital archivists are creating a copy of the site that will live on no matter the original website’s ultimate fate.

Archive Team, a self-described “loose collective of rogue archivists, programmers, writers and loudmouths dedicated to saving our digital heritage,” which has existed since 2009, plans to back up the site so that it can be viewed in the future as it exists now.

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