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Watch TV from the 90s and earlier

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653 points thunderbong | 10 comments | 28 Jul 23 12:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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boomboomsubban ◴[28 Jul 23 15:57 UTC] No.36908788[source]▶
I'm surprised there aren't more full tapings of 90's television available, as in entire blocks of broadcasting with all the commercials intact. That was how most recording would have happened, and with the start of TV Land the networks should have been able to predict there'd be a market for it in 30 years.
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OfSanguineFire ◴[28 Jul 23 16:00 UTC] No.36908845[source]▶
Commercials have their own rights (and they often feature third-party music which, in turn, has its own rights). So, even if you have the rights to rebroadcast the actual program, you couldn’t show the original commercials without massive legal hurdles.
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1. boomboomsubban ◴[28 Jul 23 16:20 UTC] No.36909201[source]▶
While I could see an issue with music rights, the commercial rights seem doable. I can't imagine them having a massive objection to "we'll show your commercial again for free."

Trying to set it up now seems nearly impossible, but if they planned for it then it may have been possible.

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2. SoftTalker ◴[28 Jul 23 16:36 UTC] No.36909481[source]▶
Many older commercials, even some from as recenlty as the 90s, would be considered offensive (or worse) by today's standards.
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4. rav3ndust ◴[28 Jul 23 18:24 UTC] No.36911076[source]▶
true. there are collections of videos on youtube called "Commercials from $DECADE That Would Be Offensive Today" that are an amusing watch.
5. WalterBright ◴[28 Jul 23 19:32 UTC] No.36912086[source]▶
I suspect people enjoy being offended.
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6. mytailorisrich ◴[28 Jul 23 19:37 UTC] No.36912146[source]▶
That's because the 90s were "peak freedom". I think partly because people were more "live and let live" and partly because social media did not exist yet, which is IMHO one of the causes of the current atmosphere of permanent outrage.
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7. krapp ◴[28 Jul 23 19:43 UTC] No.36912227{3}[source]▶
It was "peak freedom" in the sense of "freedom from consequence." The people who were targeted by the casual bigotry and homophobia of the time certainly weren't more "live and let live," they simply didn't have an outlet like social media to express their discontent at a scale that society could notice.
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8. mytailorisrich ◴[28 Jul 23 19:46 UTC] No.36912284{4}[source]▶
Here we go... QED.
9. the_third_wave ◴[29 Jul 23 00:00 UTC] No.36915070{3}[source]▶
They do now that (pretending to) being offended offers a form of social currency. Had René Descartes been alive today he could have used Offendi, ergo sum as his first principle and not been far off the mark.
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10. rchaud ◴[30 Jul 23 14:34 UTC] No.36931526{4}[source]▶
I think Descartes would have found the "offended at others being offended" niche a bit crowded today. Might have had to set his sights a bit higher than 'cancel culture'.