Risk of Irreversible Loss of Digital Art Archives Due to Hosting Platform Policies
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Summary
Digital art archives and communities are vulnerable to sudden deletion when the account owner becomes incapacitated or fails to pay, as hosting providers like DreamHost offer no path for data recovery or transfer without the owner. This threatens thousands of artists' works that exist only on that platform. There is no standard solution for temporary holds or backups in such emergencies, causing permanent loss of unique IP.
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