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People passionate about something are much more responsible than actual legal rights holders. Rights holders only do the absolute minimum to preserve the cultu
by whywhywhywhy 8y ago
People passionate about something are much more responsible than actual legal rights holders.
Rights holders only do the absolute minimum to preserve the culture they own, countless movies available in the commercial space are the worst quality versions of those movies and people passionate about those movies will go as far as tracking down multiple versions to take the picture quality of one, cut scenes from another, the sound from another and the subtitles from a fourth to make definitive best image, best sound, no cuts version and they do all that for free.
- 0815test 8y ago> Rights holders only do the absolute minimum to preserve the culture they own ... I mean, this is not just true, but even more clearly so when you look at things beyond the (fairly niche and not legally sanctioned) 'piracy' scene. There is solid scholarship showing that content which has entered the public domain is far better preserved and accrues far more references, compared to very similar content which is still copyright-encumbered. So it is clearly the case that, while having some copyright is likely good for culture, we have way more of it at present than would be justified.
- germinalphrase 8y agoIs there a keyword for that kind of version improvement?