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There’s a concept called corporate responsibility, and this fits neatly into it. It is irresponsible if you deal in information as a business and you do not hav

There’s a concept called corporate responsibility, and this fits neatly into it. It is irresponsible if you deal in information as a business and you do not have a plan to protect what you’re building long-term. It’s kind of what you signed up for when you started running a newspaper or news website.

ghaff 3y ago
>It’s kind of what you signed up for when you started running a newspaper or news website. No. I didn't actually. I probably signed up to produce (hopefully) quality journalism. But I didn't sign up to be an archive for the ages. And I'm not sure how I would even do so after I'm no longer there and have no revenues or employees. I can donate paper copies to the local library but that's basically just kicking the can down the road given that local libraries don't have infinite resources or space to maintain collections and, in fact, routinely sell off books that aren't checked out.
- shortformblog 3y ago
  Then you’re an irresponsible newspaper owner. You exist to serve the community, and your community isn’t served if you decide one day to force someone else to clean up the archives. That’s your job, revenue or no.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    That may be. I've moved on and it's not like I'm going to be here forever anyway. And my hosting company probably won't be either.
  - ajmurmann 3y ago
    What other business exist to "serve their community"?
- andrewaylett 3y ago
  The British Library is having a few problems with their computers right now, but for the UK they are intended to be the people who have arbitrarily large resources and space to maintain their collection. The theory is that they are entitled to be given a copy of everything ever published in the UK, print and digital.
  - ghaff 3y ago
    In the US, you only send a physical copy to the LoC if you're registering a copyright so you can collect damages in the case of a copyright infringement. Not sure how common that is outside of maybe major publishers.

ghaff 3y ago

>It’s kind of what you signed up for when you started running a newspaper or news website. No. I didn't actually. I probably signed up to produce (hopefully) quality journalism. But I didn't sign up to be an archive for the ages. And I'm not sure how I would even do so after I'm no longer there and have no revenues or employees. I can donate paper copies to the local library but that's basically just kicking the can down the road given that local libraries don't have infinite resources or space to maintain collections and, in fact, routinely sell off books that aren't checked out.

shortformblog 3y ago
Then you’re an irresponsible newspaper owner. You exist to serve the community, and your community isn’t served if you decide one day to force someone else to clean up the archives. That’s your job, revenue or no.
- ghaff 3y ago
  That may be. I've moved on and it's not like I'm going to be here forever anyway. And my hosting company probably won't be either.
- ajmurmann 3y ago
  What other business exist to "serve their community"?
andrewaylett 3y ago
The British Library is having a few problems with their computers right now, but for the UK they are intended to be the people who have arbitrarily large resources and space to maintain their collection. The theory is that they are entitled to be given a copy of everything ever published in the UK, print and digital.
- ghaff 3y ago
  In the US, you only send a physical copy to the LoC if you're registering a copyright so you can collect damages in the case of a copyright infringement. Not sure how common that is outside of maybe major publishers.