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: Researchers use archival footage to analyze Truffaut's use of spatial realism

The answer lies in the Archive’s safe harbor provisions under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Archive is a library, not a pirate site. Users upload content; if a rights holder files a legitimate DMCA takedown notice, the Archive removes the file. Many classic foreign films remain on the Archive simply because rights holders have not prioritized taking them down for non-commercial, educational viewing. the 400 blows internet archive