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I'm sure somebody would buy at least some of them if they were on offer

• sjwright 9y ago
  Letting random people take ownership of various chunks is—in all practical respects—identical to destroying them. This stuff is expensive and complicated to archive long term.
• CapacitorSet 9y ago
  I think there may be license issues, if the archives are not in the public domains. Other than that, yes, they might as well sell them and "recover" some money.
  • rfrey 9y ago
    Recordings that are not public domain are sold all the time... is there something that makes these different?
    • PeterisP 9y ago
      Just as with any other recording, I can make a backup copy for archiving purposes, but if I start selling those backup copies then that's a violation of copyright laws.
      • rfrey 9y ago
        But this would be the copyright owner selling the recordings, just like a commercial album or movie.
      • pbhjpbhj 9y ago
        In USA copyright, not in all jurisdictions. Backups and format shifting are not allowed in the UK.