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Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by portaouflop » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:00 AM UTC

tombert wrote: post #17

How 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?

The question is rather how much profit do they make b leaving it up. Most likely 0 or less. Capitalism says shut it down now.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by portaouflop » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:01 AM UTC

peddling-brink wrote: post #9

Anything else owned by paramount that needs to be urgently archived?

Anything they own. They (and most other big Hollywood studios) are in deep shit and will probably shut down if there is no miracle.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by ralusek » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

redundantly wrote: post #24

Daz1 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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Do you also think Adblock is piracy?

Obviously...You use a service, which costs money to run/build/produce, and the way that service is paid for is by advertisement. Your decision that the advertisement is annoying or intrusive isn't what makes your circumvention of it piracy or not, it is your violation of the terms according to which you're being given access to the content.

I find it interesting that I have yet to meet a single person advocating for ad blockers on YouTube who, upon being given the option to have an ad-free experience by paying for YouTube premium, choose to do so. Yet they often then immediately fall back on the tired arguments that "well if the ads weren't so intrusive I wouldn't use an ad blocker."

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by nyokodo » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:03 AM UTC

whatever1 wrote: post #27

So wait if I have a copy of a deleted forever by Paramount episode am I a thief or savior? My morals are confused

> if I have a copy of a deleted forever by Paramount episode am I a thief or savior?

Intuitively if this media is truly otherwise gone forever, it appears more like salvage than theft.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by paulddraper » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:06 AM UTC

ajmurmann wrote: post #28

Could they just have uploaded these to YouTube and monetized there through ads? Might not go with their brand, but better than deleting!

And not subscribe to Paramount+?!?

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by nyokodo » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:09 AM UTC

portaouflop wrote: post #32

peddling-brink wrote: post #9

Anything else owned by paramount that needs to be urgently archived?

Anything they own. They (and most other big Hollywood studios) are in deep shit and will probably shut down if there is no miracle.

> will probably shut down if there is no miracle

Someone will buy their IP and back catalogue in a bankruptcy. Those will retain value and even highly speculative properties might be worth owning just in case if the price is right.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by ta8645 » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:09 AM UTC

edgarvaldes wrote: post #21

I'm all for archiving all the things. I even hoard some things myself. On the other hand, uncoordinated efforts are so wasteful.

Given the legal environment, uncoordinated efforts may actually be more resilient, than wasteful.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by zer00eyz » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:10 AM UTC

swagmoose wrote: post #22

mcmcmc wrote: post #5

Earlier 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?

Tech people grift LA types...

No, never, not us...

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by DaoVeles » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:11 AM UTC

whatever1 wrote: post #27

So wait if I have a copy of a deleted forever by Paramount episode am I a thief or savior? My morals are confused

Savior to the people, thief to the lawyers.

Re: 25 years of video clips gone as Paramount axes Comedy Central wesbite

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Post by Sparkyte » Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 5:11 AM UTC

Lost media is a real thing, more and more so when the internet loses data we've stored. We think it is a premanent place and sure it might out live us, but nothing is permanent.