• clutchmatic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Humanity used to leave long lasting artefacts behind but since the age of computers, everything became ephemeral. I wonder if archeologists will miss much of the current cultural production just due to the lack of a material medium

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      1 year ago

      The study discounts piracy as a method which makes sense but copyright/ownership definitely prevents a lot of legitimate items from being preserved, not only with games but everything. I kind of wish there was a committee in charge of archival.