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However I wonder how this would work. As far as I know Internet Archive have a "Library" status and rights in the US (and only in the US), which grants them rights to archive stuff and have it as download that would be otherwise not legal. That does not mean everything provided there is legal. So leaving the US could actually hurt Internet Archive or the users in the US maybe.
I would be glad if anyone with more insight into this topic could tell me one or two things about it.
Fine, split it up in two versions, the US version and international version?
It definitely cannot go to the EU. I don't believe any EU country permits private online libraries.
Plus the entire Wayback Machine would be considered systematic copyright infringement since the Internet Archive doesn't obtain permission prior to archival. And if you don't have permission then it is automatic copyright infeingement.
There are still Nordic countries outside the EU. Switzerland appears to be heading in the wrong direction as well, so I might suggest the Seychelles.