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There are various underfunded digital archives in the EU and elsewhere that have legal duties to preserve online content relating to their specific countries.

There are various underfunded digital archives in the EU and elsewhere that have legal duties to preserve online content relating to their specific countries. They may be "of very questionable value" to you but your solution to remove funding from them to channel it to a much wealthier organisation in a wealthier country is neither ethical, legal or practical.

hutzlibu 3y ago
I think he or she rather meant some other cultural projects than digital archives. There are indeed lots of cultural projects that get funding, that I consider not that important in comparison, but of course those people involved would think different. (Opera for example is heavily subsidized)
- hgsgm 3y ago
  Opera the theater or Opera the web browser?
  - hutzlibu 3y ago
    What do you think? For real? I am not against subsidicing art and culture, but I am against selective subsidicing. For example in germany there is a strong divide into "serious art" like opera and classical music that gets lots of money direct or indirectly - and trivial art, everyone else. Getting allmost nothing. So it boils down to taste and the favourite culture of the establishment. But there is so much other good music and performers besides the mainstream out there, who gets categorized into "entertainment" and have to struggle on their own. So back on topic, I would be fine with taking money from opera to give it to internet archives. But of course, I rather would have more money for everyone involved in arts and culture.
hgsgm 3y ago
This is almost completely unresponsive to what parent actually wrote.
- junofan 3y ago
  Exactly. Maybe it’s good the IA stays out of government and politics stuff.
- mellosouls 3y ago
  Not at all. The suggestion was to shift countries government funding from their own projects to a foreign, better funded initiative on the implied assumption they don't know what they are doing. The suggestion was well-motivated but presumably guided by a lack of understanding of the existing digital landscape of international publicly funded projects and their obligations and constraints.

hutzlibu 3y ago

I think he or she rather meant some other cultural projects than digital archives. There are indeed lots of cultural projects that get funding, that I consider not that important in comparison, but of course those people involved would think different. (Opera for example is heavily subsidized)

hgsgm 3y ago
Opera the theater or Opera the web browser?
- hutzlibu 3y ago
  What do you think? For real? I am not against subsidicing art and culture, but I am against selective subsidicing. For example in germany there is a strong divide into "serious art" like opera and classical music that gets lots of money direct or indirectly - and trivial art, everyone else. Getting allmost nothing. So it boils down to taste and the favourite culture of the establishment. But there is so much other good music and performers besides the mainstream out there, who gets categorized into "entertainment" and have to struggle on their own. So back on topic, I would be fine with taking money from opera to give it to internet archives. But of course, I rather would have more money for everyone involved in arts and culture.

hgsgm 3y ago

This is almost completely unresponsive to what parent actually wrote.

junofan 3y ago
Exactly. Maybe it’s good the IA stays out of government and politics stuff.
mellosouls 3y ago
Not at all. The suggestion was to shift countries government funding from their own projects to a foreign, better funded initiative on the implied assumption they don't know what they are doing. The suggestion was well-motivated but presumably guided by a lack of understanding of the existing digital landscape of international publicly funded projects and their obligations and constraints.