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Sure- if you choose to fund an archive! It's when you don't that you get things like the BBC taping over old episodes to save money. Without an actual dedicated
by roywiggins 7y ago
Sure- if you choose to fund an archive! It's when you don't that you get things like the BBC taping over old episodes to save money. Without an actual dedicated archive (and $$$ to fund it) both corporations and governments will let stuff fall into the memory hole.
Some companies do choose to keep archives:
https://americanarchivist.org/doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.45.3.l25q0546n1263t80 https://americanarchivist.org/doi/pdf/10.17723/aarc.45.3.l25...
- caseysoftware 7y agoEven if you get funding for new media (why the BBC recording over things), someone has to be believe that material is important because reusing media is still cheaper and they'll use that budget elsewhere. * Former Library of Congress contractor here