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I've added a poll (see below) asking about your preferences with different content hosting avenues.
Also, I can't find a simple way to set up a donation system here other than PayPal. If anyone knows any other services let me know.
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Here is a letter that Falldog sent me to post, it explains what is going on:
Folks,
As one of the prominent hosts for Archive Scans these past two years I feel I bear some responsibility in explaining why the majority of download links no longer work.
Archive Scan's content was hosted on a service provided by a company called 1&1 Internet. I've been with them just shy of nine years now, hosting various projects and domains over the years. If you look up reviews on this company you'll find a lot of negative criticism. Up till now, except for some performance issues and lack of functionality, I was not one of those with a negative opinion. Unfortunately they have decided to live up to those negative expectations, and in doing so put Archive Scans and myself in a bad spot.
Today I was contacted by the 1&1 "Abuse-Team" regarding the directory where the Archive Scans content was stored. They made several claims, which I confronted them over, only to receive deflections and more claims without adequate evidence. At first they claimed that I was using this space to store files not associated with a "conventional Web Site" and that they were "of questionable legality." When I corrected them regarding their usage they proceeded to trump up the copyright charge. I asked them to present evidence of a take down request or other infringement claim and told them that the site, and files, were complaint with DMCA. Surprise, they never received any copyright claims. In their expert opinion the files "definitely appear to be Manga, which would be copyrighted in Japan." It's always nice to see a company acting in complete ignorance and making copyright claims over something they have no right to.
In reality the copyright claims were just a poor attempt to scapegoat past a larger issue, server utilization. Archive Scans takes up quite a bit of space and, based on the site's traffic stats, generates quite a bit of interest. I have always been mindful of the limitations, making sure that the storage space has never exceeded expectations. In recent years 1&1 has also promised "unlimited" bandwidth. Unfortunately they, in their infinite wisdom, have removed the ability for users to see just how much bandwidth they are using up. With no way to keep track of how much traffic was going out I assumed that their "unlimited" claims were actually true. 1&1's first message today indicated that Archive Scans was "generating 18 terabytes of traffic a day" of which I quickly requested more information so the problem could be respectfully addressed. Not surprisingly, I did not receive any. Instead they contradicted themselves by later stating, "We offer unlimited traffic but we do not offer unlimited CPU/memory/IO."
Their response to these issues was not only to disable access to the archive directory, but to disable access to anything hosted on the same domain. They also went as far as to disable traffic to several other domains I currently host on that account. Their over reactionary and irresponsible actions have not only disrupted their perceived issue but several sites that had been operating without issue. 1&1's inexplicable irresponsibility and lack of professionalism has left me upset and completely dumbfounded. Unfortunately I feel at this point that I have no choice but to remove the archive files from the server. I lack the time and money to go to war with 1&1 over these offenses and frankly I'm scared for the websites I and others host through my acounts. 1&1 has reserved the right to remove everything at a whim, wiping away years of data and hours of work. They are, in a sense, holding it hostage.
I will do everything in my meager power to support Archive Scans but as of now my options are severely limited. To what extent I can, I apologize to Archive Scans and its readers for this great disruption.
Sincerely,
Falldog
OtakuRevolution.com
P.S. - If anyone can recommend a better hosting service please let me know. I'd can't continue to spend money on a service who doesn't show an ounce of respect.
15 comments:
-Macross: Do You Remember Love? Data / "Gold" Book
-Macross: Do You Remember Love? HD Remastered Edition / Memorial DVD Box Limited Edition
-Super Dimension Fortress Memorial DVD Box Limited Pressing (Just the Book in shipment and not the DVDs)
-This is Animation: Macross Volume 1
-This is Animation: Macross Volume 2
-Macross: Perfect Memory Book
I ENVY YOU!! T_T
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man you have one of the best blogs ever , much appreciated. Good luck & best wishes to you :)
nice books.
Nice!
Archive, are you planning to scan them?
Top stuff, always a fan of This is animation and heard greast things about the Gold book.
Do the Perfect Memory book first! It is a fantastic book with amazing art! one of the anime art books I ever bought outside of Gundam.
I was instructed to scan the SDF Macross books first anyways, the Perfect Memory one is as good a place to start as any.
(and I do plan on scanning all of these rather than eating them)
....and when you are done scanning these books, eat them with HP sauce! So, I have instructed! So, it will be done! :)
GOLD BOOK!!
Hands down...
Thank you for all the work that goes into all this! It is GREATLY appreciated!
Just the fact you were able to get your hands on the macross "gold" book is simply amazing, it's probably the most difficult book to find along with Triangle Labyrinth.
I think you're going to make a lot of people happy at MacrossWorld!
Thanks for everything!
I never heard of a Macross Triangle Labyrinth book?
Any ISBN information available for this book?
The only book I can find (granted, a pretty quick search) came up with a book, something called "AKEMI TAKADA KIMAGURE ORANGE ROAD":
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/akemi-takada-kimagure-orange-road-triangle
Might be another holy grail-level book, not necessarily a Macross book.
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