On Movie Greats (Foxtel Channel 415) last night I saw an oldie
(1959) but a goodie  North West Frontier so I looked up the IMDB Database (click
on the title to go there),

I thought movies over 20 years old were the exclusive domain
of TCM.

Obviously not. This particular title has been screened at
least four times this year so far.

I discovered that whilst the movie was released originally
in the UK in
1959 and due out of copyright this year, the movie industry had re-released it
two years ago in Australia.
So I guess in Australia,
we are expected to honour the copyright status for another 48 years.

Source: IMDB

I don’t think so. I for one will be clicking on this link
on the 13th of October

ed2k://|file|North.West.Frontier%201959%20Lauren%20Bacall.Dual.avi|953661440|200A7BDA5D308A9D0BF636049E9993E8|/

and adding the movie to my “Out of Copyright movie
collection. Undoubtedly, the copy on the P2P Networks is the English 13^th October 1959
version.

There are 6699 more titles coming out of Copyright this year…..

http://www.imdb.com/List?year=1959&&tv=on&&nav=/Sections/Years/1959/include-titles&&heading=7;All%20titles;1959

I expect the P2P networks will start filling up with them.

Not that there are not already a pile of good ones
represented:

Good Day for a Hanging (1959)
[english].avi

John Wayne – The Horse
Soldiers – English – Full Movie (1959).avi

Journey to the Center of the
Earth, by Henry Levin, Pat Boone, James Mason, Arlene Dahl, 1959, eng).avi

Plan 9 from outer space (1959 -
ENG).avi

Rio Bravo – (Howard Hawks – 1959) – Dual Español-English – (DvdRip-Xvid-
Mp3).avi

The Mouse That Roared – ENG [Peter
Sellers,Jean Seberg] – 1959.avi

THE MUMMY-1959(La Momia)[Eng-Sub-Spanish]DVDRip.Xvid.MP3.
By Todos.avi

The_Battle_of_the_Sexes(Crichton,1959)[Xvid,MP3,ita+eng]HoHoHo.avi

Sleeping Beauty[1959]DvDrip[Eng]-Stealthmaster.avi

Anthony Quinn, Richard
Widmark, Henry Fonda – Warlock [1959](Eng-Xvid).avi

If the Foxtel film offering continues to run deep deep
deeper catalogue, I for one am not surprised
at the increase in P2P file sharing.

Hopefully, P2P users are complying with copyright legislation.
But looking at Foxtel’s repetitive programming, I would be not be surprised if
they weren’t.

Although with an estimated 
30,000 titles now out of copyright, P2P File sharing is certainly
looking like a real (legal) lower cost alternative to at least TCM and Movie
greats.

I wonder if Cable TV around the world is starting to feel
the pinch yet.

I have to say that with 30,000 titles, at 90 minutes each,
that gives me ten years of viewing for twelve hours a day without a single
repeat. By which time an estimated 45,000 additional titles will be available
(out of copyright).

Gee, I will never ever have to hire or buy another DVD again!

Someone needs to monetize this…… OK – here's an idea – Cable TV shares? Sell short.

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