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Got Papers?

preserve the scene’s material heritage
Digitale Archivierungs- und Publikationplattform


zu Gleb Alberts Projekt zur Geschichte der globalen Softwarepiraten-Subkultur der 1980er und frühen 1990er Jahre.

http://gotpapers.untergrund.net/

 

Why?

 

The historical heritage of what was once the “illegal”, “pirate”, or “crackingscene, and what evolved later on into the “demoscene” – it is not just digital. Think of party flyers. Think of swap letters. Think of scene papermags. Think of disk covers and group stickers. And while our digital legacy is safely stored, the scene’s material artefacts are permanently endangered. Imagine your parents cleaning out their basement and throwing away your old stuff. What if the papermag in that box was the last existing copy on Earth?

 

How?

 

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