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Music can also be lost to fire, as it was in 2008 [0] (with Universal studios originally downplaying the loss until a 2019 New York Times article revealed its full extent).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Universal_Studios_fire



The point is that if everything is in a single giant "library", and it burns down, then everything is losf forever.

But if there are copies here and there, there is much more chance that at least some will survive the centuries.

Eg, single point of failure vs redundancy


>The point is that if everything is in a single giant "library", and it burns down, then everything is losf forever.

What.cd suddenly comes to mind...


That was so tragic.


Now if P2P could only go back in time and get the original Beach Boy's Smile or MBV's Loveless followup finished and released.




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