#digitalownership — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #digitalownership, aggregated by home.social.
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Vimeo: Vimeo On Demand — Shutdown Notice. “After many years, Vimeo On Demand (VOD) is being phased out…. If you have purchased or rented content through Vimeo On Demand, you can continue watching your library until November 20, 2026. After that date, access will no longer be available. We encourage you to download any content that supports offline viewing before the shutdown date.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/20/vimeo-vimeo-on-demand-shutdown-notice/ -
Vimeo: Vimeo On Demand — Shutdown Notice. “After many years, Vimeo On Demand (VOD) is being phased out…. If you have purchased or rented content through Vimeo On Demand, you can continue watching your library until November 20, 2026. After that date, access will no longer be available. We encourage you to download any content that supports offline viewing before the shutdown date.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/20/vimeo-vimeo-on-demand-shutdown-notice/ -
Engadget: PlayStation just struck a hammer blow to game preservation. “So, that’s it then. As of 2028, game discs will be a thing of the past for PlayStation. And after previously attempting to do so five years ago — before a backlash prompted it to reverse course — Sony is finally shuttering the digital storefronts on PS3 and PlayStation Vita. It doesn’t seem like the company will back […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/05/engadget-playstation-just-struck-a-hammer-blow-to-game-preservation/ -
🎩🤡 Behold the grand revelation: if you can't clutch it like your grandma's vintage china, it's not truly yours! 💰📉 Who knew that "buying" digital media was merely renting with extra steps? Next up: water is wet, and the sky is blue! 🌧️🌈
https://dervis.de/physical/ #digitalownership #rentingnotbuying #vintagechina #mediaawareness #techtruths #HackerNews #ngated -
Storing Photos on Someone Else’s Computer
Wojtek Powiertowski wrote a pair of interesting blog posts on backing up photos and checking photos for bitrot. Both posts are interesting and include valuable tips for protecting digital photo collections They reminded me of another potential photo issue. Back before I knew better, I stored my Nikon D40 photos in the cloud, which is better known as someone else's computer. Back in high school, I came across Picasa and used that. Picasa was killed by Google, so my photos were then on Google […]https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/storing-photos-on-someone-elses-computer-04-07-26/
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Maria Bustillos @maria & the Brick House team are the creative minds behind BRIET, a new exchange that invites publishers to sell eBooks to libraries, allowing libraries to own them, not just license them. Several indie publishers are already on board.
More via Publishers Weekly ⤵️
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/libraries/article/98310-library-startup-briet-wants-to-revolutionize-e-book-sales-not-licensing.html@ftrain #Libraries #Ebooks #DigitalOwnership #LibraryAccess #OpenAccess #LibraryInnovation #MariaBustillos #Briet #IndiePublishing #BookRights #ReadersFirst #LibraryEquity #PublishingNews