Every so often you hear a story about a recording that was presumed lost but has been found on someones VHS collection[1]. Then there are examples like Marion

Every so often you hear a story about a recording that was presumed lost but has been found on someones VHS collection[1]. Then there are examples like Marion Stokes[2] who recorded 71000 tapes over 30 years. Fast forward to today (ha ha), and I do think there is some justification for downloading 'pirate content' for archival purposes. In the same way that I think LibGen is a very important project even if it angers some. To be clear, I believe in buying the items I'm actually going to read or watch to support the creators. Not just pirating everything. [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/28/apollo-11-tapes-moon-landing-sale-value-nearly-lost https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/28/apollo-11-ta... [2]: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-television-news-archive https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/marion-stokes-televisi...