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The lack of first sale doctrine for temporary digital licenses is pushing way too much control back to streaming platform owners. Especially for really niche t
by ethbr1 3y ago
The lack of first sale doctrine for temporary digital licenses is pushing way too much control back to streaming platform owners.
Especially for really niche things that don't have mass-market financial incentive, sometimes it seems like no one bothers to put them up on a service. No explicit desire not too... it's just not worth the time.
Non-anime example, the 1994 masterpiece Airheads [0], which as near as I can tell simply doesn't exist anywhere digital.
So kudos to the rabin fansub volunteer community and grey-market anime imports -- if you want to keep something alive, then first keep a copy someone can't take from you.
[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airheads https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airheads