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The Global 'Bit List' of Endangered Digital Species

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Endangered

Digital Recordings Published via Cloud-based Music Sharing Platforms

Music licensed and playable through corporate platforms protected by rights management and subscription revenues and presented as compressed single-track recordings.

Critically Endangered

Non-current Portable Magnetic Media

Materials saved to floppy disks, tape, portable hard disks or other numerous magnetic storage devices where the media is out of warranty and reader devices may no longer be supported or integrated easily into hardware infrastructure: typically, more than five years old.

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