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Tex2002ans · 05-04-2020, 02:58 PM

Another example of cultural destruction because of copyright is memes + creations by "anonymous people" (usernames).

(Since copyright is now assigned automatically—and who knows when this "Tex2002ans" person is going to die so I can count 70 years after that.)

One of the funniest/best/insightful talks I've seen on the topic is a 2011 one given by the founder of ArchiveTeam.org:

DEF CON 19 - Jason Scott - Archive Team: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attack

He discusses dying media (floppy disks, obsolete digital formats), but especially funny is ~13 mins when he:

Spoiler:

They've preserved sites like:

Early Web
- Geocities
Social Media
- Myspace
Image Hosting Sites
- Flickr
Now defunct/dead forums
- Yahoo, Google Groups, yuku
Gaming
- Statistics for every Halo match ever + all photos taken/shared via the game.
- Similar situation with Madden GIFs.

So much of this culture on the internet is put out there and shared, most becomes abandoned. Companies shut down eventually, and all those old photos/information/links die with it... and this is modern digital stuff created within the past few decades—imagine 100+ years of trying to lock that stuff down.

Side Note: And on more "dying media", here's another example:

"A Trove of Historic Jazz Recordings has Found a Home in Harlem, But You Can’t Hear Them"

05-04-2020, 02:58 PM	#191
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,306 Karma: 13057279 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	Another example of cultural destruction because of copyright is memes + creations by "anonymous people" (usernames). (Since copyright is now assigned automatically—and who knows when this "Tex2002ans" person is going to die so I can count 70 years after that.) One of the funniest/best/insightful talks I've seen on the topic is a 2011 one given by the founder of ArchiveTeam.org: DEF CON 19 - Jason Scott - Archive Team: A Distributed Preservation of Service Attack He discusses dying media (floppy disks, obsolete digital formats), but especially funny is ~13 mins when he: Spoiler: shows an example of every single "Under Construction" GIF ever. They've preserved sites like: Early Web Geocities Social Media Myspace Image Hosting Sites Flickr Now defunct/dead forums Yahoo, Google Groups, yuku Gaming Statistics for every Halo match ever + all photos taken/shared via the game. Similar situation with Madden GIFs. So much of this culture on the internet is put out there and shared, most becomes abandoned. Companies shut down eventually, and all those old photos/information/links die with it... and this is modern digital stuff created within the past few decades—imagine 100+ years of trying to lock that stuff down. Side Note: And on more "dying media", here's another example: "A Trove of Historic Jazz Recordings has Found a Home in Harlem, But You Can’t Hear Them" Last edited by Tex2002ans; 05-04-2020 at 03:13 PM.