except that at least on torrent sites only the popular torrents stay alive. that's not helpful. what we really need is a digital library of congress, funded by

except that at least on torrent sites only the popular torrents stay alive. that's not helpful. what we really need is a digital library of congress, funded by taxes, where at least every publicly performed work should be uploaded. the internet archive is a good start, but they can only take stuff that they are allowed to. they should really be able to take everything and make it accessible for a fee and free once the copyright expires. the problem is that greed of the publishers prevents that, hence i think a mandatory system would be better.