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PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data after cloud storage vendor goes defunct
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I keep saying, if this stuff is publically owned works made by the corporation for public broadcasting, put up some official torrents and let the public archive it for free. Mr. Rogers would surely approve of sharing for the common good.
Just because they are called "public" it doesn't mean they're owned by the public. It's a non profit created to produce media for public consumption, but they still have bills to pay, employees, etc.
If they have content for streaming or DVD sales or (probably more likely) licensing to other PBS stations, they need to get income from it to maximize their ability to continue to produce the free broadcasts they were created for.
Correct :)