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Commercials have their own rights (and they often feature third-party music which, in turn, has its own rights). So, even if you have the rights to rebroadcast

Commercials have their own rights (and they often feature third-party music which, in turn, has its own rights). So, even if you have the rights to rebroadcast the actual program, you couldn’t show the original commercials without massive legal hurdles.

boomboomsubban 3y ago
While I could see an issue with music rights, the commercial rights seem doable. I can't imagine them having a massive objection to "we'll show your commercial again for free." Trying to set it up now seems nearly impossible, but if they planned for it then it may have been possible.
- SoftTalker 3y ago
  Many older commercials, even some from as recenlty as the 90s, would be considered offensive (or worse) by today's standards.
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  - rav3ndust 3y ago
    true. there are collections of videos on youtube called "Commercials from $DECADE That Would Be Offensive Today" that are an amusing watch.
  - WalterBright 3y ago
    I suspect people enjoy being offended.
    - the_third_wave 3y ago
      They do now that (pretending to) being offended offers a form of social currency. Had René Descartes been alive today he could have used Offendi, ergo sum as his first principle and not been far off the mark.
      - rchaud 3y ago
        I think Descartes would have found the "offended at others being offended" niche a bit crowded today. Might have had to set his sights a bit higher than 'cancel culture'.
  - mytailorisrich 3y ago
    That's because the 90s were "peak freedom". I think partly because people were more "live and let live" and partly because social media did not exist yet, which is IMHO one of the causes of the current atmosphere of permanent outrage.
    - krapp 3y ago
      It was "peak freedom" in the sense of "freedom from consequence." The people who were targeted by the casual bigotry and homophobia of the time certainly weren't more "live and let live," they simply didn't have an outlet like social media to express their discontent at a scale that society could notice.
      - mytailorisrich 3y ago
        Here we go... QED.
rchaud 3y ago
There are thousands of "commercials from 199X" compilations on Youtube, for pretty much every year from the mid-80s onwards. Some of those have been up for years.

boomboomsubban 3y ago

While I could see an issue with music rights, the commercial rights seem doable. I can't imagine them having a massive objection to "we'll show your commercial again for free." Trying to set it up now seems nearly impossible, but if they planned for it then it may have been possible.

SoftTalker 3y ago
Many older commercials, even some from as recenlty as the 90s, would be considered offensive (or worse) by today's standards.
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- rav3ndust 3y ago
  true. there are collections of videos on youtube called "Commercials from $DECADE That Would Be Offensive Today" that are an amusing watch.
- WalterBright 3y ago
  I suspect people enjoy being offended.
  - the_third_wave 3y ago
    They do now that (pretending to) being offended offers a form of social currency. Had René Descartes been alive today he could have used Offendi, ergo sum as his first principle and not been far off the mark.
    - rchaud 3y ago
      I think Descartes would have found the "offended at others being offended" niche a bit crowded today. Might have had to set his sights a bit higher than 'cancel culture'.
- mytailorisrich 3y ago
  That's because the 90s were "peak freedom". I think partly because people were more "live and let live" and partly because social media did not exist yet, which is IMHO one of the causes of the current atmosphere of permanent outrage.
  - krapp 3y ago
    It was "peak freedom" in the sense of "freedom from consequence." The people who were targeted by the casual bigotry and homophobia of the time certainly weren't more "live and let live," they simply didn't have an outlet like social media to express their discontent at a scale that society could notice.
    - mytailorisrich 3y ago
      Here we go... QED.

rchaud 3y ago

There are thousands of "commercials from 199X" compilations on Youtube, for pretty much every year from the mid-80s onwards. Some of those have been up for years.