“It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis

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“It’s a Silent Fire”: Decaying Digital Movie and TV Show Files Are a Hollywood Crisis
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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 $

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".