1994: internet is ephemeral
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
2004: internet is forever
2014: only internet is forever. Print pubs and owning physical media are for idiots
2024: your favorite shows have been removed for tax breaks and private equity firms bought up the websites you worked for and deleted your entire life's work
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1994 CDs are forever and massive.
2024 CDs do not have a drive to be read on this computer, in part because they store almost nothing.
UNTIL I actually noticed CD shops making a comeback because apparently the kids these days just buy all their k-pop on CDs and are even using specialty CD players these days
Then again, for now I’m still reliant on Linode…
2004: dcc+
2014: bit torrent
2024: bit torrent
And a resume from 20 years ago when I was trying to get a job as a programmer, that comes up too.
Please do the needful.
Pay for backups.
Print it off?
Be dismayed.
I understand the issues of a business not fully shutting down and how transfer back of publishing rights could be a problem, especially against money
Just publish your work. You relied on their name and they removed it. Don't chase clout.
I hope you get enough support to keep writing. I think you've published a book or two, I haven't read them. I have read some of your articles. They were good, even if I don't remember what they were about.
Please correct that, Bluesky edit button if it has one like X (the social media platform formerly known as Twitter) either does or doesn't.
... I often see people asking where they can stream it ...
Digital archiving is not the same as writing/playback of a DVD, which I am quite sure you know, so I’m trying to understand.
Thanks!
https://spectrum.ieee.org/the-lost-picture-show-hollywood-archivists-cant-outpace-obsolescence
https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/business/media/23steal.html
Backwards compatibility is oftentimes a joke, especially if a company goes out of business.
- Cory Doctorow
now back to enjoying my new box DVD set of The Invaders, the full series!
Taylor could re-record her song and go around them, but maybe a writer can't do that
"Hello and welcome to greetings from the company named [company name, but like the longggggg version] we hope to greet you and welcome you to our page so that feel welcomed enough to spend all your money here."
I have kept some of those DRMed CD for éducation purposes more than collect
I *want* an apple vision pro, but I'll never buy one because I won't actually own it or anything on it.
Preservation is difficult regardless of medium & Capitalism as an economic system that after already leading us into another mass extinction event will also destroy everything else we derive happiness from for profits.