The Art of the Archive: Why Physical Media Matters and the Joy of Owning Things (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798296705570)

We live in a time where we don't own media. We rent it. We pay for access to someone else's library. If that weren't tragic enough, we also live in a society that has become increasingly computer illiterate. We went from downloading songs off blogs and ripping audio off YouTube and uploading it into iTunes and then onto iPods and off-brand mp3 players, to most consumers feeling like if it isn't on streaming, it doesn't exist.

This is a book about the danger of all of that. This is a book about the importance of physical media - from music to TV/film and video games and beyond.