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Link rot affects everyone who cites links
Over 50% of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended page. Roughly 70% of cited links in academic legal journals and 20% of all science, technology and medicine articles suffer from link rot.
>> I have some interesting thoughts here about this vulnerability in the law.
Links start healthy. New citations have been vetted and verified.
After one year. After a year, over 20% of cited links may be dead or otherwise inaccessible.
After five years. After five years, the situation is much worse — over 50% of cited links can be affected.
As time goes on. Link rot is inevitable and rarely reversible. The longer the wait, the more likely a link will have rotted.
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Perma.cc helps scholars, journals, courts, and others create permanent records of the web sources they cite.
Link rot affects everyone who cites links
Over 50% of cited links in Supreme Court opinions no longer point to the intended page. Roughly 70% of cited links in academic legal journals and 20% of all science, technology and medicine articles suffer from link rot.
>> I have some interesting thoughts here about this vulnerability in the law.
Links start healthy. New citations have been vetted and verified.
After one year. After a year, over 20% of cited links may be dead or otherwise inaccessible.
After five years. After five years, the situation is much worse — over 50% of cited links can be affected.
As time goes on. Link rot is inevitable and rarely reversible. The longer the wait, the more likely a link will have rotted.
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