When digital materials are vulnerable to sudden removal, our collective memory is compromised, and the public’s ability to access its own history is at risk. This year, we released the Vanishing Culture report, a study that details instances of cultural loss and emphasizes the crucial role that libraries and archives play in preserving materials for future generations.
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@internetarchive Recently had this discussion with someone who has a large library of “purchased” movies from Amazon.
When I told them that their movies can be removed from their library due to licensing issues, they were furious - because they had paid as much for the “digital copy” as they would have for a physical copy.
"If history is written by the victors, that means that there is another history; the true history"
(translation from a latinamerican song:
"Si la historia la escriben los que ganan, eso quiere decir que hay otra historia; la verdadera historia"
Litto Nebbia)
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