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widowshill · 12 days ago

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lowkey after like a week and a half of doing mild research into media archives I believe that most old tv should be public domain by default, considering studio execs were basically wiping their asses with the tapes but now want to posture about their copyright when it's a miracle from heaven any of the footage from that era exists

#me: are you going to sell me a dvd with your copyrighted content #big studios: no #me: are you going to put your content on your personal company streaming service #big studios: also no #me: can you let the archives you've donated your stuff to digitize it and host it online requiring you to do nothing #big studios: definitely not #me: can i at least pay the library of congress an ungodly amount of money for one (1) dvd for my own use of a 20 minute program #big studios: no it's copyrighted <3 #plaster this with a big disclaimer that I don't necessarily understand much of copyright law and it gets complicated especially with #dramatic anthologies that were produced under actors unions' agreements that this was a live-taped performance and would never be seen agai #but I don't see how the current situation benefits the artists to be quite honest.#most of them are no longer with us and those that are might like to see some of their old work as well .. just a thought.#when i'm president every streaming service will be required to match the production costs of every slop show they produce that #ends up cancelled after 5 episodes and written off for tax purposes #with an equal donation to digitizing and hosting film and television archives

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