A healthy chunk of media from the 80s to the 2000s is hard to get released because of the copyright thicket caused by the shows sampling other media.
It sucks, and I don't know what the answer is.
It sucks, and I don't know what the answer is.
Quality copies make their way into long term archival systems, for when copyright is possibly less insane. 50 years? 100 years? Doesn't matter, those copies will be safe for the future. It will take time for the electorate and the representatives they elect to turn over ("progress occurs one funeral at a time").
No; a much better answer is mandatory licensing, with set, reasonable fees.
If a studio hasn’t made enough money to recoup their costs and generate some profit in 5 years, it is unlikely they ever will.
I’m not sure how this would work with something like a soap opera that has been on air for 50+ years with no sign of stopping.
Movies wouldn't be what they'd be without good music. It sets a vibe. So I understand that even short bits of music deserve some compensation. I do wish there was some kind of Fair Reasonable and Non-discrimindatory option available, that set standard rates & would prevent these kind of availability hangups, and expand access.
I do kind of get that artists don't want their work associated with certain things though; certain notable politicians/parties for example seem to have gotten half-a-dizen artists telling them to stop using their music, saying they don't want anything to do with the politician. One could make some kind of horrible terrible slanted movie, and under (F)RAND the artist seemingly wouldn't have recourse from involuntarily becoming the title track. It's complicated. :/
What we have now is awful though. Maybe we just create some hoops to jump through for rights holders. Make it so content-owners have to renew their part of the deal or otherwise the license automatically extends. That way at least some media, rather than being lost, is released. This is vaguely like copyright pre-1976, where folks got 28 years & then could renew for another 28 years.
my answer was to stop letting media own me
i enjoy what i watch as art, and I look forward to enjoying new things as they come out (people will always be creating new things)
but I have to consciously try my best not to let marketers try to influence my emotions to purchase branded merchandise