As long as the original is preserved somewhere (and it is), itâ(TM)s fine. Just put a fine print in the end credits or something. Mistakes distract from the story especially for new viewers. Later on the gaffes can be part of trivia and things to read about on Wikipedia.
I kind of don't care whether the original is preserved anywhere (especially for cases like this).
I do, purely because copyright is supposed to be for a limited time, and then public. This should require the original (and any subsequent edits) to be preserved so that it can be released to the public when that time expires (as if that is ever actually going to happen anymore).
Okay, that's sort of fair, I guess. They have to be unable to sue you if you use the version that is extremely similar to the edited version. Though I bet by the time this reaches public domain nobody will care at all about the Mandalorian, with or without the jeans guy.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that an edit of this scale shouldn't be copyrightable at all, and instead should just be part of the original copyright term, even if it technically happened a week or two later than the original
I do, purely because copyright is supposed to be for a limited time, and then public.
That's not, strictly speaking, true. Copyright is of limited duration but does not (and, IMHO, should not) require you to release anything when that term expires. It merely allows anyone to make a copy of the work at that point.
I'm a firm believer in "promoting [sic] the progress of science and the useful arts" but the level of entitlement that some people have about said works is frankly amazing.
But in some cases no originals are preserved, only the edited versions with the character removed. In time even those will fade from memory: Who still remembers Bubbles the Turtle from Shrek, or the Mysterious Chinaman from Princess Bride, or Fergal the Accordion Player from Home Alone? All we have now are the edited versions, it's as if all those characters never even existed.
Remove it so what, itâ(TM)s fiction anyway (Score:5, Informative)
As long as the original is preserved somewhere (and it is), itâ(TM)s fine. Just put a fine print in the end credits or something. Mistakes distract from the story especially for new viewers. Later on the gaffes can be part of trivia and things to read about on Wikipedia.
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I kind of don't care whether the original is preserved anywhere (especially for cases like this).
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I kind of don't care whether the original is preserved anywhere (especially for cases like this).
I do, purely because copyright is supposed to be for a limited time, and then public. This should require the original (and any subsequent edits) to be preserved so that it can be released to the public when that time expires (as if that is ever actually going to happen anymore).
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Okay, that's sort of fair, I guess. They have to be unable to sue you if you use the version that is extremely similar to the edited version. Though I bet by the time this reaches public domain nobody will care at all about the Mandalorian, with or without the jeans guy.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that an edit of this scale shouldn't be copyrightable at all, and instead should just be part of the original copyright term, even if it technically happened a week or two later than the original
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copyright is supposed to be for a limited time
Sure, what is it these days? 60 years, with another 30 added every time the Mouse is about to enter the public domain?
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I do, purely because copyright is supposed to be for a limited time, and then public.
That's not, strictly speaking, true. Copyright is of limited duration but does not (and, IMHO, should not) require you to release anything when that term expires. It merely allows anyone to make a copy of the work at that point.
I'm a firm believer in "promoting [sic] the progress of science and the useful arts" but the level of entitlement that some people have about said works is frankly amazing.
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Or Dolly with dental braces, from Moonraker?
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The photo in TFA is terrible, there is a better one here: https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/thumbo... [vox-cdn.com]
You can barely make out an arm for a fraction of a second. Han Shot First this is not.
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