Well yes, and this is the same reason why for archiving audio a physical master of a record is better than any digital filehttps://twitter.com/LDBurnett/status/814458480065212416 …
I admit I haven't done the research but my sense is that people used to "sneak in" edits to physical printings all the time @verysimple
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And it didn't get noticed that much because people didn't typically compare older printings to newer printings
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With digital media, if people are paying attention, it's likely easier to generate an immediate "paper trail" of attempted stealth edits
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oh definitely - it's usually to fix genuine mistakes (i.e., typos/grammar) in later printings, but sometimes shadier.
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