Preservation

 

    As we move further and further into the years, preservation becomes more and more important. Preservation of ourselves, of the earth, and the topic of this blog, media. Continuing off of the Warner Discovery debacle, I insist that we take a look at the issue of disappearing media in all forms. This may range from small to large, but it's all to important that this is discussed.

     So, a question to start us off. Have you ever worked on a project for quite awhile, only to lose the files in two seconds? It's awful...... You might have to miss a deadline, or lose something you needed to keep for reference, or just flat out lose something you're proud of. Now imagine that happening not only to you, but your co-workers, your mentors, your employer, etc. What I'm trying to show here is that the media we create and consume, needs to be kept safe.

      I say this because after everything that happened with HBO Max, a lot of those shows have become lost media. How we retrieve it now, might need us losing an arm and a leg, or will be downright impossible. I know these scenarios are very extreme, but they've certainly happened in the past. Even before current events, this issue has persisted with lost games, movies, episodes, even catalogued history. That's right, I'm including the destruction of the Library of Alexandria!

      There is the argument that some media deserves to be lost, and that not everything deserves to be kept. However, I counter by saying that what we keep preserved, doesn't always need to be shared. I just ask that it becomes more apparent to everybody that they find ways to lock media down, as it might never happen again. Until next time, stay tuned.