Libraries as Last Media Archives

Public libraries are becoming the de‑facto repositories and distribution points for film and game media as commercial streaming fragments, licensing churn, and merger‑driven removals make titles harder to access online. Libraries are deliberately acquiring physical copies, building game collections, and even evoking legacy rental branding to regain public attention and foot traffic. — This reframes libraries from passive civic services into active cultural‑preservation institutions with policy stakes in copyright, public funding, and access rights.