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<h2 id="archiving-and-preservation">Archiving and preservation</h2> <p>Format shifting is central to preservation and archiving, particularly for <a href="/facts/Sound_recordings/BMbpAWkE">sound recordings</a> and <a href="/facts/Films/wM3b9Kk3">films</a>. In addition to efforts to preserve works created in deteriorating formats format shifting is also necessary to keep works accessible. As technology develops the technical formats get outdated and the technology necessary for accessing original formats is no longer available. <a href="/facts/Copyright_law_of_the_United_Kingdom/BB6TfLBk">Copyright law of the United Kingdom</a> does not allow libraries and archives to format shift for preservation and archiving purposes. By the time <a href="/facts/Copyright_term/vqUKHAvP">copyright term</a> in a work ends the original work may have disintegrated or deteriorated to such an extent that the cost of preservation increases.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Media_server/59tY5mly">Media server</a> (Consumer)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Space_shifting/lKGLvy7s">Space shifting</a> (also known as place shifting)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Time_shifting/hU2K40hW">Time shifting</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Copyright/7GHEWEx9">Copyright</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Private_copying/4WHq1WME">Private copying</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Jamerich Parsons, June; Oja, Dan (2009). New perspectives on Computer Concepts 2010: Introductory. Computers. Dengang Learning. p. 465. ISBN 978-0-324-78076-5. <a href="978-0-324-78076-5" target="_blank">978-0-324-78076-5</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Derclaye, Estelle (2010). Copyright and cultural heritage: preservation and access to work in a digital world. Edward Elgar Publishing. p. 114. ISBN 978-1-84980-004-4. <a href="978-1-84980-004-4" target="_blank">978-1-84980-004-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>