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An amateur historian has discovered a long-lost short story by Bram Stoker

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Mistletoe ◴[21 Oct 24 16:39 UTC] No.41905872[source]▶
I’m concerned things like this will just be gone forever in the digital era. Paper and film are great storage mediums. I know this was on a screen but would it have still existed if it wasn’t on paper first?
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1. freedomben ◴[21 Oct 24 16:50 UTC] No.41905985[source]▶
Agreed, and I think it's important to note that paper doesn't have any sort of DRM encumbrance on it. I seriously think that at some point in the next few decades, the "pirates" who right now are hated and prosecuted vigorously by all the "rightsholders" may turn out to be venerable heroes for having preserved the creations.

Imagine if we had found Bram Stokers work, and it was also encrypted mumbo jumbo that is now useless to us. We'll likely never know what we lost.