Piracy Saves Another Lost Video
from the and-yet-again dept
We've talked about how "piracy" ended up saving the "lost" ending to the movie Little Shop of Horrors, and now it looks like something similar has happened over in the UK. As a bunch of readers have sent in, apparently the BBC, in an effort to save archival space, had gotten rid of some old television shows. In one case, the BBC had discarded both the color version of a show and the audio track, but the show's presenter had made his own audio recordings and, when synched up with the TV show -- and then colorized -- the BBC could bring it back close to what it once was. Yet, as TorrentFreak notes, this was basically "pirated" audio. But, once again, such things are turning out to be quite useful as an alternative for storage.Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Piracy?
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Re: Piracy?
Since it violated copyright, it was a "pirate" copy in the same way that the movie ripped from an internet stream is a "pirate" copy regardless of whether you upload it to someone else or not.
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Re: Piracy?
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Whether it is illegal or not in the US, i'm sure any RIAA lookalike would be all over it.
That's the point.
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This isn't a phenomenon just on tapes either - for example, F.W. Murnau's Nosferatu is only available today thanks to pirates (the legit copies were destroyed by Bram Stoker's estate after a successful copyright lawsuit).
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(That's sarcasm for those who can't tell)
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