• pips@lemmy.film
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    1 year ago

    The problem is essentially how do you define ownership? Is there a right to not make something the copyright holder owns publicly available?

    I think in the cases of abandonware or more recently the moves by media companies to delist certain media for tax benefits, there’s a good argument to be made over forfeiting the copyright, so it’s now public domain and fair game. But I also think for something like the Star Wars Holiday Special, where the creator/copyright holder (not sure about that status post-Disney acquisition) genuinely hates it and does not want it available to the public, the owner should be allowed to restrict access to it.

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      1 year ago

      But I also think for something like the Star Wars Holiday Special, where the creator/copyright holder (not sure about that status post-Disney acquisition) genuinely hates it and does not want it available to the public, the owner should be allowed to restrict access to it.

      Personally I disagree on that too. If something has been made public once it should stay public, unless it contains actively harmful information or something.