# \#internet-archive

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## [Is the Internet Archive rate-limiting CAA submissions on purpose?](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-the-internet-archive-rate-limiting-caa-submissions-on-purpose/815195)

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**Author:** [@Anesidora](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Anesidora)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/is-the-internet-archive-rate-limiting-caa-submissions-on-purpose/815195 "2026-07-09T17:30:48Z")

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Is IA aware that their rate-limiting affects uploads to the CAA? Is this an unintended consequence, or is the scourge of content scrapers so bad now that IA’s rate-limiting must extend to submissions?

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## [CAA Contingency Plan if Internet Archive Goes... Away](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/caa-contingency-plan-if-internet-archive-goes-away/631579)

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**Author:** [@sound.and.vision](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/sound.and.vision)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [April 7, 2023, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/caa-contingency-plan-if-internet-archive-goes-away/631579 "2023-04-07T19:20:24Z")

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I’m sure many of you are already aware of the legal issues that Internet Archive are acurrently having with large publishers regarding the lending of eBooks. Now although the official line from IA is “don’t panic, every…