One of the promises of the web was that archives could live on forever. What we're seeing is a strong reaction to that promise being broken. It's not about whe

One of the promises of the web was that archives could live on forever. What we're seeing is a strong reaction to that promise being broken. It's not about whether you're in the audience or even if you have young kids (or may some day) who might want to watch the archives, it's that the vision of the great comprehensive virtual library is dead. There's nothing you can do about this except start building private collections again. If you want to make sure you can still have access to something in 35 years, buy it in either a physical medium or a digital medium you can download without DRM.