The race to preserve disappearing data - E-Mail <http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/05/16/the-race-preserve-disappearing-data/0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O/story.html#> Share via e-mail To Add a message Your e-mail - Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2Fideas%2F2015%2F05%2F16%2Fthe-race-preserve-disappearing-data%2F0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O%2Fstory.html%3Fevent%3Devent25&t=The+race+to+preserve+disappearing+data> - Twitter <http://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=The+race+to+preserve+disappearing+data&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2Fideas%2F2015%2F05%2F16%2Fthe-race-preserve-disappearing-data%2F0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O%2Fstory.html%3Fevent%3Devent25&via=BostonGlobe> - Google+ <https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2Fideas%2F2015%2F05%2F16%2Fthe-race-preserve-disappearing-data%2F0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O%2Fstory.html%3Fevent%3Devent25%26s_campaign%3dsm_gp%26hl=en-US> - LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bostonglobe.com%2Fideas%2F2015%2F05%2F16%2Fthe-race-preserve-disappearing-data%2F0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O%2Fstory.html%3Fevent%3Devent25&title=The+race+to+preserve+disappearing+data&summary=From+the+film+industry+to+science%2C+archivists+are+struggling+to+preserve+the+bits+and+bytes+of+our+lives.+> 1 Comment <http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2015/05/16/the-race-preserve-disappearing-data/0KPHAx5iK6jaLIvWQqIl4O/story.html#comments> Print Lorenzo Petrantoni for the boston globe; Birdman: Fox Searchlight; The GrandBudapest Hotel: Fox Searchlight; Mr. Turner: Simon Mein, Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics *By Bina Venkataraman* May 17, 2015 Casablanca” and “Citizen Kane”are exceptional not just for their wide appeal: American feature films shot before 1950 faced about 50/50 odds of surviving into this century. Countless independent and documentary films from the first half of the 20th century, and about 80 percent of the mostly silent movies made in the 1910s and 1920s were lost, according to the Library of Congress, due to either neglect or studios that set them aflame. All that changed with more stable — and less explosive — film stock and a sense among Hollywood’s major studios that preserving films was in their interest. Indeed, those films could be resold as home videos, then as DVDs, and now per streaming view; some even grew cult followings years after release. Tucked away in temperature-controlled vaults, master reels of classics like “Dr. Strangelove” and “Star Wars” have a high chance of surviving for hundreds of years. http://bit.ly/1IE184v http://bit.ly/1IE184v+ -- Peterk Dallas, Tx [log in to unmask] Save our in-boxes! http://emailcharter.org "The problems of our economy have occurred not as an outgrowth of laissez-faire, unbridled competition. They have occurred under the guidance of federal agencies, and under the umbrella of federal regulations." Senator Ted Kennedy, in defending trucking deregulation in 1978. List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance To unsubscribe from this list, click the below link. If not already present, place UNSUBSCRIBE RECMGMT-L or UNSUB RECMGMT-L in the body of the message. mailto:[log in to unmask]
