Downloading Packages for Expired Ubuntu Releases

When Ubuntu releases expire, the package archive mirror is disabled as well. You will get error messages when trying to access e.g. archive.ubuntu.com or de.archive.ubuntu.com. (e.g. http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/karmic-security/main/binary-i386/Packages.gz not found.)
But the fix is easy:
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