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Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser by vel0city on Saturday November 07, 2026 @12:03PM (#50406084)
> For the most part, Universal Studios is willing to sell me an old movie for a fair price

So I can go to the store and buy any of these? No? Huh. Sounds like this is largely untrue for most films ever produced commercially.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_fil...

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Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser by boston_clone on Saturday November 07, 2026 @09:35PM (#50409980)
I’m not a lawyer or anything, but aren’t these all public domain?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_in_the_United_St...

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Re:Need for Speed Underground 2 online in the browser by vel0city on Saturday November 07, 2026 @11:32PM (#50410430)
They are under public domain. But they still could theoretically distribute them. Theoretically, pretty much anyone could, but most of this list is just essentially lost to time. They couldn't even if they wanted to for a lot of these.

But sure, let's go to more modern examples. Are all of these easily acquired "new" these days?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Universal_Pictures_fil...

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