The very nature of copyright is intended primarily for books. It's been expanded into other media such as film and audio recordings, but originally only applied to books. Film and audio are relatively easily preserved and have institutions dedicated to preserving them. Books have had institutions dedicated to preserving them since <b>all of recorded history</b> .  <br><br> If software preservation should not happen, then copyright law should not apply to software. People who advocate against software preservation are book burners, plain and simple.,(reply>), They are like the people who burned the Library of Alexandria,(reply>), Boom!,(reply>), @straight white male I do not know what you mean.,(reply>), @straight white male I will certainly not reply that if you give me a further elaboration, not just state that it is broken.,(reply>), @straight white male very compelling argument.