{"id":1278,"date":"2010-05-28T23:50:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-29T04:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2010\/05\/28\/aaaarg-lies-in-state\/"},"modified":"2010-05-28T23:50:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-29T04:50:32","slug":"aaaarg-lies-in-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2010\/05\/28\/aaaarg-lies-in-state\/","title":{"rendered":"AAAARG lies in state"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As of yesterday, academic file-sharing library <a href=\"http:\/\/aivakhiv.blog.uvm.edu\/2010\/02\/knowledge_wants_to_be_free.html\">AAAARG<\/a> appears to be dead. (<a href=\"http:\/\/kvond.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/24\/did-mark-c-taylor-take-down-aaaarg-org\/\">This<\/a> time <a href=\"http:\/\/a.aaaarg.org\/\">for real<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Digital death, however, is rarely total or eternal, and arg-ists at the Facebook group (find it yourself) appear to be awaiting instructions about the next incarnation. Red-robed monks are scouring the electronic Himalayas searching for the child manifesting the correct signs. An unusual alignment of stars can be expected to announce the next location.<\/p>\n<p>Here, in the meantime, are a few pages of interest for aaaarg buffs, e-library lovers, and open-sourceniks:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Masters of Media \uff7b Small is Beautiful: a discussion with AAAARG architect Sean Dockray\" href=\"http:\/\/mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl\/2010\/01\/05\/small-is-beautiful-a-discussion-with-aaaarg-architect-sean-dockray\/\">Masters of Media \uff7b Small is Beautiful: a discussion with AAAARG architect Sean Dockray<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/openreflections.wordpress.com\/2009\/09\/20\/scanners-collectors-and-aggregators-on-the-%E2%80%98underground-movement%E2%80%99-of-pirated-theory-text-sharing\/\">Scanners, collectors and aggregators: On the \u2018underground movement\u2019 of (pirated) theory text sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/unpresentable.wordpress.com\/2010\/04\/17\/help-aaaarg-org\/\">Sub Specie Aeterni on &#8220;Help!!! AAAARG.ORG!!!&#8221;<\/a> (scroll down for some recent comments)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of yesterday, academic file-sharing library AAAARG appears to be dead. (This time for real.) Digital death, however, is rarely total or eternal, and arg-ists at the Facebook group (find it yourself) appear to be awaiting instructions about the next incarnation. Red-robed monks are scouring the electronic Himalayas searching for the child manifesting the correct [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4IC4a-kC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1193,"url":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2010\/02\/08\/knowledge-wants-to-be-free-doesnt-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":1278,"position":0},"title":"knowledge wants to be free (doesn&#8217;t it?)","author":"Adrian J Ivakhiv","date":"February 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Publishers are starting to catch up to AAAARG.org, the rapidly growing file-sharing megalibrary for cultural theory and philosophy books, which currently makes available PDF files of hundreds of books that I would love to have but couldn't realistically afford to buy. [. . .] As with media, music, and everything\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Academe&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Academe","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/category\/academe\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1217,"url":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/aivakhiv\/2010\/03\/14\/two-or-three-scenes\/","url_meta":{"origin":1278,"position":1},"title":"two or three scenes&#8230;","author":"Adrian J Ivakhiv","date":"March 14, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"How \u00e0 propos: Today's Guardian's piece on The Greatest Film Scenes Ever Shot. What are your favorite scenes, your most indelibly etched screen memories, those \"tiny pieces of time\" as the article quotes James Stewart saying, that have remained with you ever since seeing them? 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