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I think it entirely depends on if those cuts constitute the creation of something that could be considered a new piece of original work. Sometimes the removal
by 22c 3y ago
I think it entirely depends on if those cuts constitute the creation of something that could be considered a new piece of original work.
Sometimes the removal of certain scenes from a movie could completely change the way you think about that movie, or completely change the overall tone.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoSo this still seems like it would allow copyright to be extended for thousands of years? A 2 hour movie can easily be edited, significantly, a few dozen times.
- kragen 3y agoonly if nobody saves a copy of the unedited film a more serious risk is not having any way to save it or distribute it reliably; works that are too similar to copyright-restricted works tend to disappear into the memory hole on youtube and similar platforms, with no due process and no appeal. for now you can still get hard disks that don't automatically scan their contents against a youtube-style blacklist, and which can retain their contents for more than a few months when turned off because they aren't SSDs, but neither of those is likely to remain practical forever