These uploads are not authorized by Paramount. Under the strict letter of copyright law (the film won’t enter the public domain until 2088), they are piracy. But in the spirit of digital humanities, they are .
While the Internet Archive is a powerful research tool, unless a specific copy has been explicitly released into the public domain (which it has not). Most user-uploaded movies are infringing copies and are eventually taken down via DMCA requests.
Indecent Proposal occupies a unique space in the Internet Archive’s vast library. It sits between public domain cartoons (like Steamboat Willie ) and instructional VHS tapes about aerobics. It is a relic of the moral panic of the early 90s, where "greed is good" crashed headlong into "family values."
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