I appreciate that it’s not literally like a blockbuster, but they’re running a giant physical media rental archive. The only ones that can really participate are locals, and it’s up to the locals to prop them up. Now if they solicited donations to digitize and make available their collection for archival purposes? That’d turn heads.
I’m not against digitisation and preservation, but their collection is by no means solely in the realm of public domain works. They keep current, and cast a wide net. Getting digital streaming rights to everything they’ve got would be a legal-logistical nightmare even for a startup with billions in venture capital.
I appreciate that it’s not literally like a blockbuster, but they’re running a giant physical media rental archive. The only ones that can really participate are locals, and it’s up to the locals to prop them up. Now if they solicited donations to digitize and make available their collection for archival purposes? That’d turn heads.
I’m not against digitisation and preservation, but their collection is by no means solely in the realm of public domain works. They keep current, and cast a wide net. Getting digital streaming rights to everything they’ve got would be a legal-logistical nightmare even for a startup with billions in venture capital.