A hearty amen from me. Martin Scorsese (and you) are absolutely spot on.

This is a brilliant, absolutely essential article that makes abundantly clear the importance of film (and TV) preservation. Are you familiar with the work of the BFI? The British Film Institute has painstakingly restored and archived many important works, and continues to do so. It is funded by the UK government. I think the US needs to do something similar, lest this cultural vandalism in the name of profit pass the point of no return.

Also, I wish to reemphasise the importance of what you say about servers. Even if you shoot something digitally, it is worth striking 35mm prints and negatives to be stored, as these can last for decades, whereas hard drives can and do pack up.

I should add that I absolutely refuse to trust "the cloud" with something as vitally important as art. That includes music and literature too. The dangers of posthumous censorship alone is why I insist on hard copies of everything. More of my thoughts on this matter here (I'm sure you'll agree).

https://fanfare.pub/own-nothing-and-be-happy-no-thanks-d7298e51f594