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Web Heritage Could Be Lost

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the anyone-else-remember-sean-baby dept.

Squiff writes "The British Library warns us that 'The UK's online heritage could be lost forever if the government does not grant a "right to archive"' in the UK. Never mind the Wayback Machine, The British Library declares that 'the average life expectancy of a website was just 44 to 75 days, and suggested that at least 10% of all UK websites were either lost or replaced by new material every six months,' with the material within them being amongst the most revealing regarding the state of contemporary culture."

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  1. Re:why? by kikito · · Score: 1, Troll

    Hi, I am the Historian from the Future.

    I've travelled to the past to tell you that no one in my time cares about your websites.