Post #2950965

2023-07-28 16:50 UTC

@rodhilton@mastodon.social @nickwedig@dice.camp And the argument for "piracy" as preservation has only skyrocketed, as production companies shift their content between streaming providers to maximize profits, giving the shaft to consumers who can't (and aren't) paying subscribers of literally every service. Sure, I haven't been given a perpetual license to X media, but they sure as hell can't stop me. (2TiB+ of YouTube archived so far…)

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@alice@marrow.haus 2023-07-28 16:52

@rodhilton@mastodon.social @nickwedig@dice.camp Ultra-classical example: a B&W German archive of the first animated film, Prince Achmed. A sequel to Aladdin. The actual story, not Disney's variant.

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@Qybat@batchats.net 2023-07-29 11:56

@alice@marrow.haus @rodhilton@mastodon.social @nickwedig@dice.camp There are a few communities around dedicated to that sort of archival work, but because of their illegal nature they all operate in semi-secrecy, and it's rarely possible for a public archive to survive for any length of time. That makes actually finding things difficult. Someone, somewhere, has that old comic from the 80s you want in their personal collection - but good luck ever finding it. Perhaps one day copyright will be abolished and all the collections united.

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