re-releasing old films
Posted: Wed Nov 14, 2001 11:53 am
The music shops are full of re-released CDs of little known bands from the last few decades on small labels who are not necessarily the original label/distributor. Many small operations buy the rights (and masters) to old releases and put them out again. They don't have to sell many copies as they have no production costs and they often wait for enough orders to do a print run. A nice little sideline.
I was wondering if this is a viable proposition for those hard to find eighties videos some of us are after. What if Ben D, Rem Steele, etc pooled the old masters they have and bunged out some old stuff under one banner. Perhaps slightly cheaper than the new stuff. With the resurgence in interest for this era and the relaxation in the law is this now viable? Would the BBFC fees hinder it?
I appreciate that we might have the impression that there is a demand for this material when in reality this site is for the more discerning specialist and the potential is actually small. However, I have been amazed at the amount of interest in old stuff and people wanting to re-live their youth!! Also amazed how many people are using companies making cash selling illegal copies of deleted films.
It would certainly help me with my unfruitful search for british eighties hardcore featuring certain models. They could be packaged woth some interesting insights into the era from those who were there at the time!!
How feasible is it chaps?
I was wondering if this is a viable proposition for those hard to find eighties videos some of us are after. What if Ben D, Rem Steele, etc pooled the old masters they have and bunged out some old stuff under one banner. Perhaps slightly cheaper than the new stuff. With the resurgence in interest for this era and the relaxation in the law is this now viable? Would the BBFC fees hinder it?
I appreciate that we might have the impression that there is a demand for this material when in reality this site is for the more discerning specialist and the potential is actually small. However, I have been amazed at the amount of interest in old stuff and people wanting to re-live their youth!! Also amazed how many people are using companies making cash selling illegal copies of deleted films.
It would certainly help me with my unfruitful search for british eighties hardcore featuring certain models. They could be packaged woth some interesting insights into the era from those who were there at the time!!
How feasible is it chaps?