To avoid costs, no royalties were payed to anyome because all the content on tapes produced by these companies was in the public domain. This made it easier for literally anyone to stick a quasi-legal tape onto the shelves and blend in. Since the dawn of the VCR anyone with 2 VCRS and some garbage tapes could make a bootleg (the infamous 1977 Fantasia bootleg tape comes to mind.) By the mid 80s however, the equipment was much cheaper, tapes longer, and legitmate VHS companies were everywhere. Enforcement and resulting bans from these acts will be under discretion of moderators.įor anyone who collects VHS, every thrift store shelf or garage sale bin of VHS you scan likely contains some cartoon VHS with a vauge name like "Christmas Favourites" or "Big Bad Wolf." These aren't Rankin-Bass or Charlie Brown christmas favourites, and these aren't Disney's Three Little Pigs. Please, no personal attacks, trolling, or spam (posting about tapes you want to sell is okay). External Links Everything is Terrible Found Footage Festival Lunchmeat VHS VHS Collector VHShitfest Related subreddits /r/Betamax /r/cassetteculture /r/CED /r/8track /r/HDDVD /r/laserdisc /r/ObscureMedia /r/VHScoverART /r/vintagevideo /r/vinyl Guides Digitize Your Tapes Fixing Moldy Tapes VCR First Aid VCR Troubleshooting & Repair Do you trip over a stack VHS tapes in the morning? Do you look through bins of old movies at the thrift store? Do you have a VCR connected to your HDTV? You're in the right place.Ī subreddit for VHS and associated video.
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