Thanks Tai. Very important to know. Best wishes to you, Caroline Get Outlook for Android<https://aka.ms/AAb9ysg> ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Tai Neilson via Air-L <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 7:38:18 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing? Dear AoIR community, Apologies for cross‑posting, but I wanted to share a recent article of mine in The Conversation: News sites are locking out the Internet Archive to stop AI crawling. Is the ‘open web’ closing?<https://theconversation.com/news-sites-are-locking-out-the-internet-archive-to-stop-ai-crawling-is-the-open-web-closing-274968> It addresses the further enclosure of the internet, commodification of publishers' archives as AI training data, and the resulting challenges for nonprofits and internet research. I hope you find it useful. Cheers, Tai Tai Neilson, PhD Senior Lecturer in Media Major Coordinator of Journalism and Nonfiction Writing MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY NSW 2109 _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org