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

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641 points shortformblog | 1 comments | 05 Feb 25 14:47 UTC | HN request time: 0.367s | 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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bongodongobob ◴[05 Feb 25 18:11 UTC] No.42952692[source]▶
"you should just do X" generally means you don't have the full picture. You're completely disregarding all the union stuff that needs to be considered. You're forgetting all the little guys that make movies happen. Yeah the directors and actors probably don't care, but the other 100s of other people involved in making films probably do.

Edit: You're right. Just disregard any laws and contracts in place. HN knows best. It must be that easy.

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1. LordDragonfang ◴[05 Feb 25 22:27 UTC] No.42956225[source]▶
> You're forgetting all the little guys that make movies happen. Yeah the directors and actors probably don't care, but the other 100s of other people involved in making films probably do.

We're talking about movies that are 45 years old at a minimum. The majority of the people "involved in making the film" are dead at this point.