[game_preservation] Silent Films Being Lost

[Devin Monnens]

Truly, a sobering find. I think this just goes to underscore that commercial
businesses are throwaway businesses. The only things that will survive for
long periods are those that the public has deemed important enough to watch
again today, or which say film studies community is interested in
discussing. Essentially, if there is a market for it, the film will return.
I don't think Janus is in the business for the good of mankind but to make
bank. You need a government organization to do that.

I'm a bit curious now as to the preservation percentage of books from the
same time period.

Games might have a better shot at at least longevity (not the same as
preservation) due to the underground community - it is much easier to
distribute something that everyone can buy than it is something that is
displayed to the public through private businesses.

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 3:48 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>wrote:


> While we're perhaps not at this stage of loss yet, it's saddening to see

> other media having large issues preserving old silent films:

>

>

> http://filmabinitio.blogspot.com/2010/07/news-review-80-of-european-silent-films.html

>

> I hope we don't get this way with tapes we're still keeping and haven't

> digitally preserved yet, perhaps we're in a better position given we don't

> usually have as much analogue media to preserve as film does so it is

> easier. The issue perhaps is more how we replay the data once we digitally

> preserve it - emulation and so forth.

>

> Andrew

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