----- Original Message -----
From: "ben" <bfranchuk at jetnet.ab.ca>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2011 3:00 AM
Subject: Re: scarcity of digital preservation efforts - was Re: eBay...
Yikes!
On 9/2/2011 7:54 PM, Dave McGuire wrote:
I have to agree there. And who knows when these
companies will suddenly
say "oh, by the way, you'll now have to pay us money if you want
continued access (for yourself OR the public) to your data!"
You mean like GeoCities where you pay or we delete your data.
I say a good 10% hits from google still are from them on my web searches.
Ben.
Is that an example or something that actually happened? I say that, because
my old geocities site is still up - though I can't update it at all without
transferring to their new "service".
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk