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Why is Warner Bros. Discovery putting old movies on YouTube?

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641 points shortformblog | 3 comments | 05 Feb 25 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.479s | source
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giancarlostoro ◴[05 Feb 25 16:56 UTC] No.42951399[source]▶
Anything from before the 1980s should just be on YouTube, its easy cash for them on films that are sitting idle otherwise. Anything they aren't licensing to anyone anywhere should just be on YouTube. Or any sort of streaming platform that has sane ads, and anyone can see. It is really sad to me there's no genuine YouTube competitor.
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1. LordDragonfang ◴[05 Feb 25 18:24 UTC] No.42952896[source]▶
> Anything from before the 1980s should just be on YouTube

Agreed, but because all of that should be public domain at this point. The idea that some company needs rent-seeking motivation to allow people to view 50-year old media literally until everyone who could have consumed it when it was published is dead is absurd.

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2. giancarlostoro ◴[05 Feb 25 18:31 UTC] No.42952995[source]▶
I wanted to say that too, but I rather take any wins we can get. I mean, the best part is, if they made their movies public domain THEN put them all on youtube, they would earn so much ad revenue from them being on their YouTube accounts.
3. bsimpson ◴[05 Feb 25 19:25 UTC] No.42953756[source]▶
It's such a scandal that even though the original Mickey Mouse cartoons are finally in the public domain, the Mickey Mouse Protection Act is still preventing anything created in our lifetimes from ever joining the public domain during them.