The owners are the networks and the copyright holders — an imbecile could see that, and it goes without saying. I don't even use the term "my videos" to describe anything I post, but rather "my uploads". I also stopped using 'thieves' and opted for "reposters" so my displeasure is more plain and less open to interpretation. Retorts like "NiNaKaW mO rIn NaMan YaN" won't apply because no one is accusing anyone a thief but rather for reposting — I'm the direct source of what you posted, not the networks/ad agencies, even though they created it.
So, with semantics out of the way:
Did ABS-CBN create the 1982 City 2 station ID? Absolutely. But they weren't the ones who made it possible for you to see it again after 40+ years, and it actually remains to be seen if they had a copy at all. It's kinda like Halley's Comet — Edmond Halley wasn't the first to discover it, but it was named after him for reintroducing it to the world. Besides, if I'm doing my thesis or a media person working on a piece about archiving, I want to be able to talk to the person who found it and how, not some kid with no meaningful knowledge or contributions who just snip away on a cellphone using Clideo. It's also preferable that all discussions about the discovery happen in one place and not spread across a dozen copies.
But I hear you. I understand the frustration with the watermarks. I said it before last year that I hate them for precisely the reasons mentioned by some viewers, and then some.
In fact, my first few months of uploads didn't have watermarks.
Unfortunately they ended up being reposted and the wrong sources were being credited. Celebrities like Giselle Sanchez, Heidi Hocson, Jay Manalo, Ryan Eigenmann, and others would end up thanking the wrong person. Heck, even Radyo 630 (who technically own TV Patrol by virtue of being an ABS-CBN subsidiary) credited the guy who reposted my first iPhone upload.
The double whammy here is that these pages are eligible for monetization and been making money from the traffic it brought. I'm not earning from this, never will be, and haven't made a cent. The stars from FB given to me in kind (roughly equivalent to about P23) remain in stasis. I'm fine with that as this was never intended to be a cash cow anyway — but at the same time, I don't think it's fair that I'm doing the hard work of finding/buying/cleaning tapes and digitizing them while others profit or reap praise from it.
As for the "obnoxious" watermarks, that's a recent development and is typically used only with select uploads. Some pages have been using AI erasers to "remove" the logo. Here is one such page doing it:
This necessitated using moving watermarks to counteract it. I thought that was a decent compromise than the big permanent text in the center that others use. Not surprisingly, reposters were upset with this move as it made it difficult for them to repost and so resort to astroturfing the comments section. Hence why I laugh at them. Most of the followers sympathize with the move while there are some legit gripes from those unfamiliar with why I do it.
I'm not selfish. 99.9% of those who ask for permission to repost, I almost always say yes. I give copies of my rare anime to a local team that does remasters of lost tagalog dubs. I even promote pages or — at one point when I temporarily retired my YouTube channel — allowed them to post my uploads on theirs and I didn't bother to reupload it when I eventually reopened the channel.
The only requests I turn down are those who want to repost as is — mostly because I don't see the point of it. If they're going to watch the same thing, why not just do it on my page? But those types of requests are rare, since they just go ahead and repost it without notifying me. Often the requests I get are the ones listed below, and I have no problem with any of them and its gleefully encouraged:
Let me make one thing perfectly clear:
It would be foolish to assume that we do. So many shows and events are happening during the "free time" we're recording and there's only one VCR and TV. Although there is evidence of people (usually rich) that have several VCRs recording on different TVs at the same time, that's an outlier — and even then, they're still bound to miss a large chunk of what's out there.
What archivists personally have is typically dependent on what interests them. I don't want to speak for Jojo Bailon, but I could surmise from his uploads that he's into musicals, variety shows, and PBA games — and, not surprisingly, his uploads are commercials, bumpers, idents, before, around, and during any of those programs. Dann Garcia is a 24 Oras/GMA superfan and the bulk of his content are of that show and its surrounding commercials.
I wouldn't expect VOTIII to have, say, Dragon Ball or Yaiba, as anime don't appear to be in his purview. Nor would I pester Dann Garcia to release Epiderm A or Fake Doomsday ad as it predates the year he began capturing.
That said, the issue with requests isn't so much that we have or don't have — it's more like requests are annoying and offensive in general. It shows a lack of appreciation (whether existing or imagined) of what the archivist is doing for free and out of their own schedule and convenience. Imagine uploading an ultra-rare clip that the internets spent years finding and you finally put an end to the quest by putting it out there and the comments you get are "BoSs SaNa StAiNeD gLAsS NaMaN". Yes, we could always hide and ignore it, but it's done. We've seen it. And there's like 200 more comments and messages like that. And then some would handwave your reactions as being sensitive or childish and it just compounds things even further.
Almost everything I upload come from my personal collection or something I've recorded in the past but discarded during the "Great Tape Purge of 2007" (in which I threw out over 70% of my tapes during the home renovation) but have since rediscovered.
The type of shows we record run the gamut of tagalized anime, pro wrestling, cartoons, musical performances (usually of the rock genre), sports, lifestyle programs, local sitcoms and dramas, technology, news, and travel. Incidental commercials and IDs are also part of those recordings. You rarely would see me upload anything that I (or someone in the family) wasn't watching.
I do procure tapes from numerous sources, but 80% of the time there's nothing meaningful in it. I've wasted so much money gambling on mysterious tapes that I usually ignore any leads that require payment these days, mostly to boycott archivist tax.
100% of my lost media discoveries are entirely by accident. I play tapes without knowing what's inside, let it run in the background, and capture anything interesting I hear. It's not like "oh I want to see Caritas Gutom!" and all of a sudden I have it. It takes a lot of luck, often times money, and more luck.
I'm not really into what many consider as the lost media iceberg. To me, everything old is of equal importance. I do have my own personal "white whales", and have stricken off a large chunk from the list like Buddy 'En Sol, i Channel, Early Myx, and Karne Ka Lang sa Hazing, this year alone.
So far, only six videos remain on my list:
Community will remain open. I just won't be starting anymore monthly chat threads or talking to myself.
On paper (no pun intended), the author profile at the end of the book is common. But it doesn't have verbiage like this. Lumalabas tuloy na the book is about her. Not surprised of course, given what we know about Sara or the Duterte's in general, just that there's no going around that.
Hindi pala reliable yung community notes sa Twitter. People could easily prop up and upvote an incorrect dispute.
The point of decriminalizing it is that you don't have to do jail time while awaiting trial. Sure you can post bail, but it's 1) anti-poor, 2) libel is not a heinous act wherein the safety of the public is in jeopardy if the accused is allowed to wander, 3) it inconveniences the accused for something that the courts would likely trash, and thereby 4) make it prone to abuse and as a tool for harassment.
If you want to teach someone a lesson to be responsible for their actions, then the fine and/or jail time after they're proven guilty should suffice.
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