When did the person known as Zodiac begin archiving Marxist texts?
The person known only by the Internet tag Zodiac began archiving Marxist texts in 1990. They started by transcribing the Communist Manifesto into E-text format.
Questions about Marxists Internet Archive
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What happened to the Marxists Internet Archive website in July 1998?
In July 1998 the present form of the Marxists Internet Archive was created by volunteers transferring files and archives from Marx.org. This led to a further increase in activity and an enlargement of the scope of the archive.
Why were denial-of-service attacks launched against the Marxists Internet Archive in 2007?
Volunteers were left with CPU issues after attempts tried to exploit a misconfiguration in their server's operating system. That the majority of systems involved in the attack were either in China or belonging to Chinese institutions led to speculation that the attacks may have been politically motivated.
How does the Marxists Internet Archive handle copyright permissions for its content?
All the material stored in the archives is either public domain, under the GNU Free Documentation License, or used with the copyright holders' permission. Any work created by MIA volunteers is under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 license.
Where are the servers hosting the Marxists Internet Archive located as of March 2014?
The website is primarily served via an ISP in Germany. Three mirrors exist, two of them in Europe and one in the United States.