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Copyrights and CD-Rs Endanger Audio History

Posted by Soulskill on from the digital-erosion dept.

SEWilco writes "A study by the Library of Congress has found that many audio recordings are being lost due to copyright restrictions and temporary media. Old audio recordings are protected by a various US state copyrights, so it's hard for preservationists to get and copy material. Recent data is threatened by being put on writable CDs, because CD-Rs begin to lose data after a few years, so recordings from as recently as 9/11 and the 2008 elections are already at risk."

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  1. Conspiracy theorists were right! by uzyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    The government must be using this as an excuse to destroy evidences on 9/11.

  2. Library of Congress by sycodon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Does not the Library of Congress make it a habit to acquire as much of this kind of material as possible? Isn't seen as a mark of success to have your recordings in the LOC?

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  3. holy shit REALLY? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 5, Funny

    so recordings from as recently as 9/11

    Jesus Christ, that was just last month!

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    1. Re:holy shit REALLY? by citoxE · · Score: 2, Funny

      If you run on a certain date format, your future endeavors are put as risk as well!

    2. Re:holy shit REALLY? by noidentity · · Score: 2, Funny

      What do you mean? It's next month, the 9th of November!

  4. Re:300 years... by Nkwe · · Score: 4, Funny

    Memorex claims 300 year life for their fancy (expensive) archival CD-R and 100 years for DVD-R.

    Take that with a grain of salt, of course.

    I would recommend keeping salt and your archival CDs separate.

  5. Re:Depends on the Discs by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...but it's been stored in a cool dark place, and has been mounted maybe 10 times.

    Sigh. I know how that feels.

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  6. Re:Depends on the Discs by SupremoMan · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think exposure to sunlight has a detrimental effect on them. So us basement dwellers are safe! I mean... you basement dwellers

  7. Re:The essential forgetting by Idbar · · Score: 2, Funny

    It is also important for humanity not to repeat their same mistakes. Justin Beaver recordings NEED to be protected/archived!