Already posted in the Internet Archive subreddit, but thought I'd share here too.
What if there could be a backup of the internet archive hosted by volunteers?
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It would have to be different from traditional torrenting, more similar to BOINC, where data is stored in blocks rather than files. The volunteer should have control over the subject of the content, but not the files to prevent volunteers from being liable in case of claims of piracy. The default configuration is for the volunteer to store the next non-backed-up block.
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In my mind the project would back-up the whole archive, then start over to increase availability of data. Yes, I am aware the project is over 50PB, I still think it's doable.
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Scientific data, content at risk due to censorship, and data over 50 years old could be prioritized. This would occur democratically.