E-book Museum At the Library of Congress? (teleread.com)

Posted by timothy on Wednesday February 24, 2016 @05:42AM from the museum-of-future-obsolescence dept.

David Rothman writes: Back in 2003, Slashdot ran TeleRead's call for a brick-and-mortar international e-book museum at the Library of Congress. The proposed museum would focus on the devices and other technology rather than the content. It still isn't too late for such a project, and TeleRead is again advocating the idea. Content, too, actually would benefit -- considering that proprietary formats and DRM can imperil the future readability of e-books. Meanwhile, a small-scale e-book museum is about to open in Paris and is looking for donations. A worthy cause!

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Dumb idea then. Dumb idea now. by xxxJonBoyxxx · 2016-02-24 05:46 · Score: 2, Interesting

>> focus on the devices and other technology rather than the content...Content, too, actually would benefit -- considering that proprietary formats and DRM can imperil the future readability of e-books
This was and is still a dumb idea. Concentrate on exporting the content in an open format and f*** the devices, proprietary and otherwise. It's not like many mere mortals can physically get to DC anyway to use a bunch of archaic devices, so the end goal should be "open format content accessible from anywhere".