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Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 months ago by thirdBreakfast to c/selfhosted

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Last June, fans of Comedy Central – the long-running channel behind beloved programmes such as The Daily Show and South Park – received an unwelcome surprise. Paramount Global, Comedy Central’s parent company, unceremoniously purged the vast repository of video content on the channel’s website, which dated back to the late 1990s.

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[–] Nuke_the_whales 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Wait until you realize that most of your favorite movies and shows have been re edited or messed with.

I was watching the office for the 100th time and one of my favorite jokes was just straight up removed from the show during this rewatch. So just in the last few months they've gone back and edited the show.

I was also rewatching breaking bad and they've changed some of the music as well.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Music licensing in media like this gets bullshit quickly. If it was signed in for the original run, fucking leave it.

[–] BlitzoTheOisSilent 17 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I had a coworker who cited music licensing as the sole reason he can't find his favorite show anymore: The Drew Carrey Show. Whatever schmuck owns the music licensing refuses to cooperate with the rest of the show owners, so it can't be streamed or distributed anywhere.

Another example would be Scrubs, most of the songs used in the show (including key moments and the OG songs were perfect for them) have been edited out and replaced because of licensing issues. Unless you've got the DVDs or pirated older versions, you're stuck with the new music and it's not the same.

[–] Tot 9 points 2 months ago

I think that's why you'd be hard pressed to find Daria in its original form too: music licensing.

[–] RoidingOldMan 4 points 2 months ago

The Drew Carrey Show just finally got a streaming release a couple months ago. On Plex. All 9 seasons now.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Dude, Halo: Master Chief Collection removed a LOT of perfectly timed tracks from key moments of Halo 2, because they were Breaking Benjamin songs.

I remember when a pair of Hunters is just about to bust open these massive gates in New Mombasa...here comes the sick instrumental from "Blow Me Away"...!

...No, just some vaguely Halo-esque drumbeat on loop.

The music licensing industry has pretty much always been Satan, but the sheer arrogance to think they have the right to claw audio out of existing works because they're not getting infinite revenue out of it is a new friggin low.

[–] Buddahriffic 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When trying to find a copy of Forza 4 (or one of them) after being disappointed with the cut down version they had on gamepass, I discovered it couldn't be sold anymore because of a deal MS made with Porsche that eventually ran out.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sheesh!

Ace Combat games are also on a countdown as soon as they release, because the likenesses of the planes from the defense companies expire, so they get de-listed.

You couldn't do that with physical media. =\

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Wait what? What joke? :O That's ridiculous!

[–] Nuke_the_whales 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Don't know why they cut it honestly since it's been there forever, but when Michael is trying to set people up he sets Kevin up with Erin and when Erin looks disappointed Kevin says:

"you will learn to love me"

Michael: "slow down Kevin, you gotta let the cookies cool before you pop em in your mouth!"

That whole exchange is now gone and you only get Erin's disappointment and her asking Michael if she can talk to him in private. The cookie joke is gone for some reason