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We are digital librarians. Among us are represented the various reasons to keep data -- legal requirements, competitive requirements, uncertainty of permanence of cloud services, distaste for transmitting your data externally (e.g. government or corporate espionage), cultural and familial archivists, internet collapse preppers, and people who do it themselves so they're sure it's done right. Everyone has their reasons for curating the data they have decided to keep (either forever or For A Damn Long Time (tm) ). Along the way we have sought out like-minded individuals to exchange strategies, war stories, and cautionary tales of failures.

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Place to buy FLACS? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by ItchyBake7905@alien.top to c/datahoarder@selfhosted.forum

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Probably not the ideal place to ask but I plan to archive (hoard) them so I thought I would ask here. I want to buy the FLAC files for a specific artists music but I haven't been able to find the right place to buy them. I checked bandcamp and they only have the FLACs for their music up to 2017. I planned to buy the CD and rip the FLACs off of them but they don't sell CD for most of their albums any more. Any other places I can find them?

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[–] sandbagfun1@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've used 7digital and hdtracks.

Word of caution on 7digital; I've found that sometimes they'll lose the licence for the files so my downloads will no longer be accessible. Always download immediately and backup.

Also found one file on a NIN album corrupt.

[–] False_Yobioctet@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

I actually did have that happen, thanks for pointing that out. I had a hard time finding an album and wanted to just redownload it when I found out about the licensing. I eventually found it in the completely buried wrong spot but it definitely made me mad at first.

I still think they are good to find stuff but take into account to download it immediately.