Looks like these are going to the internet archive, so we'll probably never see them digitized. https://www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/comments/1ouprgf/free_t...
That seems to run contradictory to the author's claim in the article and what I believe to be true about the internet archive. Can you elaborate?
tl;dr seems to be they received a massive (71,000 tapes) archive that hasn't seen any activity or communication in 7 years.
If you read further in the thread, you'll also find other concerns about Jason's reliability