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If the copies survive

• rjbwork 3y ago
  All 7 seasons are well seeded on the torrents. It's hard for media to become lost these days, but if you want to see a lot of it, you aren't going to do so legally under such a ludicrous IP regime.
  • mbork_pl 3y ago
    > It's hard for media to become lost these days Not exactly "these days", but not the early 1900s, either: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_missing_episodes
    • kmeisthax 3y ago
      Cry Baby Lane was lost media for a decade: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Baby_Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cry_Baby_Lane
    • crtasm 3y ago
      But well before everyone had enough data storage in their pocket to hold all those episodes and much more.
      • mbork_pl 3y ago
        Also, before recording from tv (or streaming) was deliberately made difficult by nonsensical DRM...
        • crtasm 3y ago
          Out of curiosity, is there anything currently on TV/streaming that you can't find a de-DRM'd copy of online?
  • Gare 3y ago
    Ok, but are they of the same quality as masters?
    • rjbwork 3y ago
      Definitely not. They appear to be SD rips of television broadcasts. Obviously it would be best if rights holders made their media available for reasonable prices on reasonable services, but until we have sane IP laws, hobbyist preservation efforts will be the predominant way that some media will be preserved for consumption at all, quality notwithstanding.
  • joshspankit 3y ago
    It's hard for popular media to become lost these days. Undiscovered or not-mainstream-popular work gets lost all the time.