Currently, all the master copies of the episodes from the original run are being held by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. They were donated by Tad Low, the creator of the show. Although master copies are known to exist, they are not publicly available due to licensing. […] With the sheer number of episodes produced, the fact that both runs of the show are no longer rerun on VH1 or MTV Classic, and the fact that the show did not receive many home media releases (apart from a 1999 80’s-themed VHS / DVD) due to licensing issues, episodes of the show are very hard to come by. The only way that episodes can be found is through home recordings of the show from when it aired.
I hated that show so much, those fucking pop-ups were like water droplet torture, each one that dropped slowly eroded away your sanity.
But I understand the sentiment. Licensing issues are such bullshit, and it is because of things like this that media “piracy” is a moral imperative. It is funny how copyright was originally to protect workers so that artists could actually make a living doing what they did, and how the laws were eventually appropriated and became just another means of rent seeking by massive corporations.
@Ramin_HAL9001 @maniajack I generally respect CW but licensing is BS. I paid for it, I own it.
But the perversion is that like patents, CW is only as good as the lawyers you can afford. This is accepting that you can only get punitive damages if your work is registered. I mean you can win but it’s rare.
But buy physical media directly from your favorite artists.