The death of physical media only benefits corporations

Sony erases digital content from libraries; we're reminded we don’t own what we buy

Sony has been scaling down its digitial store for a few years.

Consumers Are Worried About the Loss of Physical Media Ownership. Libraries Are Leading the Conversation. — Association of Research Libraries

Sally Sax is head, Collection Strategy and Partnerships, MacOdrum Library, Carleton University. In a recent Atlantic Monthly article about Sony’s plan to end physical sales of PlayStation console games, Will...

PlayStation ending production of physical software in 2028

The company claims the move comes as 'the general preference for digital media significantly outpaces physical discs.'

The Whole Industry Is Doing This. Sony's Just Doing It Loudest. · Ewan’s Blog

The Whole Industry Is Doing This. Sony's Just Doing It Loudest. — Ewan’s Blog

Owning media again - Kedara.eu

This year, one of my aspirations is to rely less on the big streaming services for my entertainment. Why? Well, for one thing, if we give too much power to large corporations by getting overly …

Our Longing for Inconvenience

People are pining for old technologies—CD players, VCRs, Walkmans. What’s behind our longing for inconvenience?

The Sounds Resource

Archiving and preserving video game media since 2003!

The End of CBS News

Why corporate media won't come to save us.

Media Democracy Days: Spry Memorial Panel

A fireside chat between people in the public media space. In today’s media landscape, the urgency to revive MDD cannot be overstated.

Podcast Apps: A Framework for Dying Slowly with Dignity

Why I'm making the decisions I'm making for Castro

Media Won’t Stop Psychologizing Long Covid

Media outlets that trumpet their journalistic integrity have used their prestige to launder an unproven, anti-science conspiracy theory about Long Covid.

Design Must Learn to Decompose

A meditation on the quiet death of digital things.

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