It's still happening. Remember the Universal Music fire? The scope of the damage from that is still a subject of debate: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/uni

It's still happening. Remember the Universal Music fire? The scope of the damage from that is still a subject of debate: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/universal-music-fire-archive-damage-update-2008-1203525454/ https://variety.com/2020/music/news/universal-music-fire-arc... Even worse is that we have music labels intentionally and methodically destroying generations' worth of music with dynamic compression, making despicable "remasters" the only thing available to modern listeners. What happens to the originals? Is anyone tracking their provenance?