On: "The French Connection" censored and re-edited for...

[micromacrofoot]

They're all dead, no one cares. It won't be long before no one will remember the movie at all. It's not blasphemy, it's just time.

[EscapeFromNY → micromacrofoot]

1. It's a 70s movie, not everyone from the 70s is dead

2. Most people do care about respecting the dead. Otherwise there wouldn't be laws against desecrating graves

[micromacrofoot → EscapeFromNY]

a person isn't their art

[basch → micromacrofoot]

The director is 87 and alive. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Friedkin

[domador → micromacrofoot]

It's not "just time". It's the nature of copyright in its current form as well as a certain set of cultural values embraced by those overly empowered by excessive copyright protection. And these things can be changed by society, if we will it. They're not universal constants.

[slackfan → micromacrofoot]

I care even if the status of creators is undetermined. I wish all your media is thusly edited, please never leave your bubble

[micromacrofoot → slackfan]

I too wish all my media is thusly edited, that's why it's licensed under creative commons.

You want to ensure you have no legacy? put it all in a vault and demand no one alters it.