Yeah when you start to look into this it’s a bit scary. Best bet is something like the M-DISC. But the price per TB is much higher compared to ~15€/TB for HDD it’s more like 100€/TB. Plus you need some jukebox like disc switcher.
If there was a collapse of our global industrial society e.g. by disruption of trade and and high tech manufacturing we’ll relatively quickly loose much of the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Copyright stuff adds to that. That’s why projects like anna’s-archive are a moral imperative.
The best would probably be something like a custom microfilm that lasts forever and you can view / play and copy with a primitive projector and chemistry.
I just bought a DVD this week. There are plenty of movies where the video quality doesn’t matter much. I’m not getting any more out of watching Guardians of the Galaxy in 4k over 480p.
There are a few movies that really do benefit higher quality though.
What does ‘physical copies’ mean here? DVDs? Not even my parents have these anymore lol
I say it counts as a “physical copy” if you own and have in-person access to the hardware it’s stored on.
So if I pirate it and put it on my harddrive it’s physical?
Yep. You can take out that hardrive and mail to someone. Just like a DVD. Doesn’t get more physical than that.
I’m not sure Olivia Newton-John agrees tbh…
I rarely get More physical than that.
:D
I mean HDDs are basically discs as well right?
Sorry, only counts if you print out the data.
Sounds like fun
Just learned in another thread the other day that cds/dvds only survive for around 20 years before they start breaking down. Interesting
Quickly did a little research, and of course the truth is more nuanced https://www.canada.ca/en/conservation-institute/services/conservation-preservation-publications/canadian-conservation-institute-notes/longevity-recordable-cds-dvds.html
And we have bitrot to deal with on HDD/SSDs!
Yeah when you start to look into this it’s a bit scary. Best bet is something like the M-DISC. But the price per TB is much higher compared to ~15€/TB for HDD it’s more like 100€/TB. Plus you need some jukebox like disc switcher.
If there was a collapse of our global industrial society e.g. by disruption of trade and and high tech manufacturing we’ll relatively quickly loose much of the accumulated knowledge of humanity. Copyright stuff adds to that. That’s why projects like anna’s-archive are a moral imperative.
The best would probably be something like a custom microfilm that lasts forever and you can view / play and copy with a primitive projector and chemistry.
Use a better file system like ZFS or BTRFS to lower the risk of bit rot.
In the end it’s a gamble right?
I just bought a DVD this week. There are plenty of movies where the video quality doesn’t matter much. I’m not getting any more out of watching Guardians of the Galaxy in 4k over 480p.
There are a few movies that really do benefit higher quality though.
You must be a (dust) collector at this point ;)