• supafuzz [comrade/them]
    hexbear
    70
    4 months ago

    An associated problem is the length of copyright terms. 28 days later came out in 2002, under the original copyright terms of the constitution it should be well in the public domain by now. Then it wouldn't matter if the original production company chain didn't want to stream it or sell copies.

    Imagine if we just... nationalized all the IP and streamed it out of the Library of Congress

  • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
    hexbear
    35
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    I’m about to turn into such a data hoarder

    Looks like an 18 TB hard drive is like 200 bucks and 18 TB can hold a lot

    Why isn’t everyone doing this

    • Tachanka [comrade/them]
      hexbear
      41
      4 months ago

      Why isn’t everyone doing this

      fear of prosecution, lack of knowledge of how to pirate, liberal brainworms regarding respecting private property.

      • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
        hexbear
        25
        4 months ago

        The fear of prosecution is kinda a real fear though, however fucking absurd it may be. To think that you could get penalized and potentially jailed for something as nebulous as piracy

        • anarchoilluminati [comrade/them]
          hexbear
          21
          4 months ago

          It's a realistic fear. I almost caught charges once, when I was younger and more reckless about downloading, but I settled it beforehand.

          Then I took a long break from torrenting, did the paid streaming thing, learned more about digital security, and eventually found myself sailing the high seas yet again.

        • Tachanka [comrade/them]
          hexbear
          14
          4 months ago

          absolutely; i was trying to answer your question because I've wondered the same thing and those were the conclusions i came to

        • ped_xing [he/him]
          hexbear
          12
          4 months ago

          I don't know if my legal knowledge is outdated, but wasn't one of the outcomes of the whole bajillion-dollar lawsuit days a system where first you get a letter, then a small fine, and then a bigger fine before they really start holding you upside-down by the ankles and grabbing whatever falls out of your pockets?

    • BountifulEggnog [they/them]
      hexbear
      10
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      Most people don't care to. People want the easy way, and don't consider options off the beaten path.

    • sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]
      hexbear
      8
      4 months ago

      I've started moving away from steaming with most things. You can even get a mp3 player for like $30 and free up your phone for that too.

        • sir_this_is_a_wendys [he/him]
          hexbear
          8
          4 months ago

          Sony stuff is usually pretty good. I also have one of their voice recorders I got to make voice memos on. That thing is great.

        • Shinji_Ikari [he/him]
          hexbear
          4
          4 months ago

          You can pick up an ipod classic for under 50 bucks, then a battery and an sd card adapter if you're good with your hands to refresh it.

    • @FlaminGoku@reddthat.com
      hexbear
      6
      4 months ago

      100% but I'm looking to hoard knowledge like development / programming and skill sets before everything is hidden behind paywalls.

  • dead [he/him]
    hexbear
    29
    4 months ago

    28 days later is a weird movie because it was filmed in digital Standard Definition (480p resolution). I can't think of another movie which was filmed this way. Watching it on BluRay is sort of pointless for that reason. BluRay is 1080p, so the movie would just be stretched because it was only shot in 480p, If you watched 28 Days Later on BluRay, it would look nearly the same as if you watched it on DVD.

    Even the screenshot from the tweet looks blurry. That's actually how the movie looks because it was filmed on a digital camera from 1997.

    • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
      hexbear
      15
      4 months ago

      If it's shot on film and you go back to the original film stock or negative and make a higher definition version from that, fine by me, it's an analogue format you're digitizing and you're getting the best fidelity possible. If something was shot on digital in the first place, don't do anything, it was shot that way and is therefore meant to look that way.

      • dead [he/him]
        hexbear
        18
        4 months ago

        Wikipedia says the director wanted to use a camera that was more maneuverable because the movie is filmed with a lot of movement. Also it says that they filmed in downtown London without a permit, that they just like asked people to not go on the streets that they were filming. Having a portable camera helped with this. The camera that was used was the Canon XL1.

      • Abracadaniel [he/him]
        hexbear
        9
        4 months ago

        In addition to what dead said, there's an artistic element. The last scene switches to film after the characters have largely escaped the horror and made contact with organized groups (I remember a fighter jet or something?).

  • blobjim [he/him]
    hexbear
    20
    edit-2
    4 months ago

    Scarecrow Video probably has it and they do mail rentals now.

    https://scarecrowvideo.org/library/rentalItem/R1QNdNRPujLA3tJK0Far7NFQ2G9vy5qd

    • stigsbandit34z [they/them]
      hexbear
      5
      4 months ago

      That’s interesting af. So I’m guessing they can only do rentals with physical disks though

  • @Raebxeh
    hexbear
    20
    4 months ago

    Not enough discourse around piracy bring not only logistically okay, but morally good

      • @Raebxeh
        hexbear
        4
        4 months ago

        I’m interested. Please send me a copy of the paper with your full legal name across the top.

        (But for real I’d love to hear your argument)

  • cricbuzz [he/him]
    hexbear
    14
    4 months ago

    https://rentry.co/megathread is a pretty good resource.

  • Zezzy [she/her]
    hexbear
    13
    4 months ago

    I can't see the 28 days poster as anything other than :3

  • @whoops
    hexbear
    8
    4 months ago

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