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I think we wont see Northern Exposure in any non-physical, digital format in my life time because of all the crazy rights involved with the show. :(

mschuster91 12y ago
Yeah, same for Cold Case due to the background music, which was licensed only for TV broadcast...
- mhurron 12y ago
  Which is also why we don't get a good release of WKRP. It leads to the idiocy of no money coming in is better than some money coming in.
- lsaferite 12y ago
  This is one that bugs me to no end. It's a great show and so sad it'll never come to DVD/BluRay
  - mschuster91 12y ago
    There are higher-quality TV rips available... but seriously, I'd rather buy a box set than downloading via weirdo 1-click-hosters.
pasbesoin 12y ago
Even now that there are finally published DVD's -- I guess this is some years ago, already -- I find they aren't worth it. Because they removed so much of the original music. I remember watching the first episode and wondering, "What the hell is wrong with this?" Then it clicked. As far as I am concerned, I think this is downright wrong. "Northern Exposure" -- pop culture though it might be labeled by some -- was a significant contribution to contemporary culture for many of us. It was one of those "water cooler" shows, around which everyone would be discussing it in the days following broadcast. The fact that a private entity can simply "remove" such a element from our public culture and ongoing conversation -- or edit it into something else -- is, in my opinion, not something that was intended with "intellectual property". Paying a reasonable fee is one thing. No (legal) access, whatsoever? That should not be permitted. P.S. For those who are not familiar with it, in "Northern Exposure" a thoughtful and thematic selection of music became akin to another (omni-present) character. Removing those choices is akin to ripping (editing) a major character right out of the finished work.
- ChickeNES 12y ago
  Hell, I can't even watch "House" on Netflix because of the removal of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" as the theme music. Ditto with the later seasons of Married with Children and the god-awful Joe Cocker impersonator they got for "The Wonder Years"
JetSpiegel 12y ago
I already see a compilation of all seasons, just click a certain magnet link and you're good to go.

mschuster91 12y ago

Yeah, same for Cold Case due to the background music, which was licensed only for TV broadcast...

mhurron 12y ago
Which is also why we don't get a good release of WKRP. It leads to the idiocy of no money coming in is better than some money coming in.
lsaferite 12y ago
This is one that bugs me to no end. It's a great show and so sad it'll never come to DVD/BluRay
- mschuster91 12y ago
  There are higher-quality TV rips available... but seriously, I'd rather buy a box set than downloading via weirdo 1-click-hosters.

pasbesoin 12y ago

Even now that there are finally published DVD's -- I guess this is some years ago, already -- I find they aren't worth it. Because they removed so much of the original music. I remember watching the first episode and wondering, "What the hell is wrong with this?" Then it clicked. As far as I am concerned, I think this is downright wrong. "Northern Exposure" -- pop culture though it might be labeled by some -- was a significant contribution to contemporary culture for many of us. It was one of those "water cooler" shows, around which everyone would be discussing it in the days following broadcast. The fact that a private entity can simply "remove" such a element from our public culture and ongoing conversation -- or edit it into something else -- is, in my opinion, not something that was intended with "intellectual property". Paying a reasonable fee is one thing. No (legal) access, whatsoever? That should not be permitted. P.S. For those who are not familiar with it, in "Northern Exposure" a thoughtful and thematic selection of music became akin to another (omni-present) character. Removing those choices is akin to ripping (editing) a major character right out of the finished work.

ChickeNES 12y ago
Hell, I can't even watch "House" on Netflix because of the removal of Massive Attack's "Teardrop" as the theme music. Ditto with the later seasons of Married with Children and the god-awful Joe Cocker impersonator they got for "The Wonder Years"

JetSpiegel 12y ago

I already see a compilation of all seasons, just click a certain magnet link and you're good to go.