Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data
A Missouri PBS station is suing to regain access to 70 years of archival TV history after a cloud storage vendor went defunct.
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📍 Where it landed
Nine PBS filed a lawsuit against Iron Mountain after losing access to its archival data. The station sought to regain access to 70 years of TV history stored by the defunct cloud storage vendor hosted at Iron Mountain.
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What is the status of the lawsuit?
The lawsuit is ongoing.
What data has the station lost access to?
The station has lost access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history.
What is the potential impact of losing access to the data?
The station has not yet commented on the potential impact of losing access to the data on its operations.
Where it stands
A Missouri PBS station has lost access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history. The data is stored at an Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials for the station. The station has filed a lawsuit against Iron Mountain to ensure the preservation of the data.
The cloud storage vendor contracted to manage the data has gone defunct, blocking access to the archival materials. According to TheDesk.net and current.org, Nine PBS is the station involved in the lawsuit. Tom's Hardware coverage does not yet specify whether the station has been able to retrieve any of the archival data.
The station's lawsuit against Iron Mountain is ongoing. The outcome of the lawsuit will determine whether the station can regain access to the archival data. The station has not yet commented on the potential impact of losing access to the data on its operations.
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The reporting (4)
- Missouri PBS station sues vendor after video archive becomes lost TheDesk.net · 24d ago
- PBS Station Sues to Regain Access to 70 Years of Archival TV History Gizmodo · 24d ago
- PBS broadcaster loses access to 50TB of data comprising 70 years of TV history after contracted cloud storage vendor goes defunct — public TV channel sues Iron Mountain data center, which hosts archival materials, to ensure preservation Tom's Hardware · 24d ago
- Nine PBS sues Iron Mountain over blocked access to archival data current.org · 24d ago
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