“It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis
Industry pros sweat the possibility that many digital files will eventually become unusable — an archival tragedy reminiscent of the celluloid era.
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In fact, files end up corrupted,
Backup often and check the backups.
data is improperly transferred
Backup often.
hard drives fail
Backup often.
formats change
Use an open format. For extra sure, make sure it doesn't carry DRM.
work simply vanishes.
Uuuuh don't be corrupt?
Like, really, it's not like one's asking too much.
Some executive somewhere:
In fact, files end up corrupted,
Backup often and check the backups.
That costs $
data is improperly transferred
Backup often.
That costs $
hard drives fail
Backup often.
That costs $
formats change
Use an open format. For extra sure, make sure it doesn't carry DRM.
That costs $ (Probably, I'd ask IT but we laid them off as a cost reduction so meh )
work simply vanishes.
Uuuuh don't be corrupt?
That costs $
They can just use Hollywood Accounting, no problem!
work simply vanishes.
Uuuuh don't be corrupt?
Some of that could also be incompetence.
What was it again? “Don’t attribute to malice when it can be attributed to stupidity” something something?
Hanlon’s Razor
A friend has a corollary for that: "Don't attribute to stupidity when it can be attributed to capitalism".
