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archives_LEAD | Photo: Cover photo by Bill Boyd, trains courtesy of John Ryan/May 1981 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: R. Kenton Nelson/May 1990 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Rick Nass/April 2000 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Marc Burkhardt; March 1990 issue of Reasoncountries

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archives | Photo: President George W. Bush speaks to supporters in Michigan in December 2003; Brooks Kraft/Corbis, February 2005 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: Senorcampesino/iStock, January 2020 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Kevin Pope, April 1985 issue of Reason

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Courts Are Coming for Digital Libraries

A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.

C.J. Ciaramella | 11.10.2024 6:00 AM

archives | Photo: Jonathan Nourok, November 1989 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: Dirck Halstead/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images, October 2009 issue of Reasonsuch

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archives | Photo: iStock, August/September 2019 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson, July 2019 issue of Reason; Source image: Public domain

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arhives | Illustration: Fred Smith, November 1995 issue of Reason

Artificial Intelligence

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archives | Illustration: David Klug, May 1999 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Joanna Andreasson, April 2019 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Bryce Lee, March 1984 issue of <em>Reason</em>

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archives | Illustration: Peter Bennett, February 1999 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: A.P./Wide World Photos, January 1993 issue of <em>Reason</em>

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archives | Illustration: Henry Payne, December 1993 issue of Reason

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archives-copy | Illustration: Brian Raszka, November 1993 issue of Reason

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Trump's Preposterous Defense in the Purloined Documents Case

The former president suggests he was not obliged to obey a subpoena seeking classified records.

Jacob Sullum | 9.20.2023 12:01 AM

archives | Illustration: October 1993 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: September 1978 issue of Reason

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A drawing from an 1899 patent on making wire paper clips | Illustration: 1899 patent for a paper clip machine; May 2017 issue of Reason

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Excerpts from Reason's vaults regarding Adam Smith

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archives | Illustration: June 1978 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: Inter Nationes/April 1978 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: Joyce True/March 1983 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: G. Tompkinson/ Photo Researchers Inc./February 2003 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: The Associated Press/Wide World Photos/January 1993 issue of Reason

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archives | Photo: SpaceX/February 2012 issue of Reason; Illustrations: David Kanoa Helms/February 1999 issue of Reason, Bruce Jones/January 1985 issue of Reason, Douglas Bevans/November 1981 issue of Reason, April 1979 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Tim Bird/Corbis/November 2002 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: Bob Schuchman/October 1987 issue of Reason

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archives | Photos: December 1996 issue of Reason, December 1992 issue of Reason, November 1976 issue of Reason, November 1974 issue of Reason

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archives | Illustration: YinYang/iStockphoto, invisiblesun/Fotolia/July 2007 issue of Reason

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archives | June 1997 issue of <em>Reason</em>/Bill Mayer

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archives | Photo: May 2002 issue of Reason/AFP/Corbis

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archives | Illustration: April 1992 issue

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archives | Photo: A.P./Wide World Photos/March 2007 issue of <em>Reason</em>

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archives | Photo: Bettman/Corbis

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archives | Illustration: Painting of a couple in outer space by Anton Brzezinski; © Forrest J. Ackerman Collection/CORBIS

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archives | Illustration: Troy Thomas

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archives | Illustration: Terry Colon

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archives | Illustration: Tom Cocotos

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