Words like memories, fade. The Guttenberg bible is the exception, not the rule. 51% of all motion pictures made prior to 1951 no longer exist. 92% made prior to 1929 are gone. Permanently lost. Videotape has a known lifespan from twenty five to forty years, if properly stored. Hundreds of thousands of hours of television programming are standing on the edge of an abyss where they will disappear. Forever. ASCAP & BMI estimate they represent some 12 million recordings by thousands of recording artists. Yet, neither organization has any formal idea on how to preserve these recordings or what format... Continue reading

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