I'm all for archiving all the things. I even hoard some things myself. On the other hand, uncoordinated efforts are so wasteful.
25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite
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#22MTV news then this?? Did some older and borderline archaic provider skyrocket their prices?
From TFA: > The move would appear to be part of continued belt-tightening measures at Paramount, which is more than $14 billion in debt, led by losses at Paramount+ and its aging cable networks.
I knew it was bad, I didn't know it was $14 billion bad. Did they spend it all on their two terrible streaming apps?
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#23Torrenting becomes a moral imperative.
In at least a decade, torrents will be down as saviours of digital content.
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#24Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite
#25This is why you download the things you love. Hard drives are cheap.
I can't help thinking that zapping sites with no warning is intended to defeat amateur archivists.
Stable, Horse, bolted ...
Other content lost in the purge were clips and full episodes of other short-lived late-night entries like The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore, the Chris Hardwick-hosted @midnight (predecessor to After Midnight), and Lights Out with David Spade.
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#26I remember watching full episodes of South Park on their website. This was around 2000.
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#27So wait if I have a copy of a deleted forever by Paramount episode am I a thief or savior?
My morals are confused
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#28Could they just have uploaded these to YouTube and monetized there through ads? Might not go with their brand, but better than deleting!
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
From TFA: > The move would appear to be part of continued belt-tightening measures at Paramount, which is more than $14 billion in debt, led by losses at Paramount+ and its aging cable networks.
I knew it was bad, I didn't know it was $14 billion bad. Did they spend it all on their two terrible streaming apps?
You betcha.
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#30How much could it possibly have been costing them to leave old clips up? I suspect the really old stuff was pretty low traffic, file storage is ridiculously cheap, how much money could this realistically save them? I'm sure it's not "zero" but I think I'm missing something...is it copyright savings or something?
You’re missing that they want you to subscribe to Paramount Plus, so they’re going to have all of their content there, where you pay them. They mention it in the press release.
Their company IS paramount plus now. It’s all going there.