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Infra2026-08-15 · source-backed
The St. Louis station stored its archive with Open Source Storage since 2019. When it went to renew on March 6, 2026, the company stopped responding and access was cut. OSS had housed the data in an Iron Mountain Denver data center, which first agreed to hand it over then reversed, arguing OSS owned the stored data. A Colorado court ruled Nine PBS has a right to its data after a July 28 lawsuit. Ars Technica Contractual data ownership is not physical access when the intermediary disappears.
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Both cover July, March; overlapping topics (arguing, data); earlier July coverage from 2026-08-10.
Both cover July, When; overlapping topics (arguing, data); earlier July coverage from 2026-07-25.
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Both cover Ars Technica, When; reported by the same outlet (arstechnica.com); earlier Ars Technica coverage from 2026-07-18.
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Both cover March, When; overlapping topics (center, company); earlier March coverage from 2026-05-20.
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Shared entity: Ars Technica / Same source domain / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
Both cover Ars Technica; reported by the same outlet (arstechnica.com); overlapping topics (access, data).
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Both cover Colorado, March; earlier Colorado coverage from 2026-06-02; pushes against this story (tension).