Beware Hollywood’s digital demolition: it’s as if your favourite films and TV shows never existed | Zach Schonfeld
www.theguardian.com
The amount of media being wiped from the internet is worrying for viewers, and industry workers who need the exposure, says journalist and critic Zach Schonfeld

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.

  • @grueEnglish
    81•2 months ago

    In the long run, shit like this is theft from the Public Domain.

    • Trailblazing Braille TaserEnglish
      35•2 months ago

      Yeah, there really should be some expectation of stewardship in exchange for absurd post-Disney copyright durations.

      • @SoggyEnglish
        3•2 months ago

        What, and take any responsibility for the Commons?

    • @InvertedouroborosEnglish
      23•2 months ago

      What a brilliant way to put it, “theft from the public domain”. I’m gonna have to remember that one.