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This already happened (probably many times over). I had success with the original mp3.com 17 years ago. They made certain business decisions that got major labe

This already happened (probably many times over). I had success with the original mp3.com 17 years ago. They made certain business decisions that got major labels angry and various details not important, they shut down. What matters is that tons of stuff disappeared. I learned that I can't trust these types of platforms because they are for-profit and may screw us all over or make stupid decisions. I also can't trust non-profit options if they aren't really stable. I trust Wikimedia to stick around, and archive.org and some others (although everyone should donate to keep them strong!), but other, I dunno. Instead of fully embracing SoundCloud, I've basically stayed distrusting and my creative publishing actually suffered a lot (although my concerns are part of what led me into understanding free culture, free software, etc. and why I'm aware of Hacker News now etc)

visarga 9y ago
Mp3.com closedown was a disaster. So much valuable music was there.
- feedbeef 9y ago
  Like the few on here who remember how great mp3.com was, I too lament the loss of its huge array of excellent indy music. Hopefully the archive will be fully restored some day[0,1,2]. Digital antiquities indeed. Take warning: download and archive a copy of every digital asset you care about. I highly recommend the excellent utility youtube-dl[3]. I rely on it daily for copying obscure youtube videos that could disappear at any moment. Fool me twice... [0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12/03/mp3_com_archive_is_destroyed/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12/03/mp3_com_archive_is_... [1] https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/04/04/19/2318226/mp3com-archive-not-lost-17-million-songs-saved https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/04/04/19/2318226/mp... [2] https://archive.org/post/1004359/mp3com-archive https://archive.org/post/1004359/mp3com-archive [3] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
_jtrig 9y ago
This is why I fully expect the digital dark age to become reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_age

visarga 9y ago

Mp3.com closedown was a disaster. So much valuable music was there.

feedbeef 9y ago
Like the few on here who remember how great mp3.com was, I too lament the loss of its huge array of excellent indy music. Hopefully the archive will be fully restored some day[0,1,2]. Digital antiquities indeed. Take warning: download and archive a copy of every digital asset you care about. I highly recommend the excellent utility youtube-dl[3]. I rely on it daily for copying obscure youtube videos that could disappear at any moment. Fool me twice... [0] https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12/03/mp3_com_archive_is_destroyed/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/12/03/mp3_com_archive_is_... [1] https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/04/04/19/2318226/mp3com-archive-not-lost-17-million-songs-saved https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/04/04/19/2318226/mp... [2] https://archive.org/post/1004359/mp3com-archive https://archive.org/post/1004359/mp3com-archive [3] https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

_jtrig 9y ago

This is why I fully expect the digital dark age to become reality. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_age https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_dark_age