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Awesome collection! Putting on my digital preservation hat, I'd be interested in learning more about where the original scans live and why they're watermarked

by tjwds 9y ago

Awesome collection! Putting on my digital preservation hat, I'd be interested in learning more about where the original scans live and why they're watermarked (could be something to do with how old the site is?) It's great that the site is backed up by the Internet Archive, but I feel like this collection could be better served if the original scans were added to the IA as well.

nsxwolf 9y ago
It's hard to really enjoy the images with the watermarks.
- rdiddly 9y ago
  I want to tell them "get over yourself."
  - moron4hire 9y ago
    Maybe you get over yourself. You have no right to tell people what is important to them.
- vermooten 9y ago
  +1 not sure why they bothered, they're hardly Getty Images material.
  - huehehue 9y ago
    People bother with watermarks so their images aren't stolen and used for profit: https://petapixel.com/2017/11/27/netflix-stole-vhs-cassette-photos-stranger-things-boxed-set/ https://petapixel.com/2017/11/27/netflix-stole-vhs-cassette-...
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      I think that the other commenter's point wasn't to ask the purpose of watermarking in general, but why the site bothered watermarking these images, given their small dimensions and relatively low quality.