"you should just do X" generally means you don't have the full picture. You're completely disregarding all the union stuff that needs to be considered. You're forgetting all the little guys that make movies happen. Yeah the directors and actors probably don't care, but the other 100s of other people involved in making films probably do.
Edit: You're right. Just disregard any laws and contracts in place. HN knows best. It must be that easy.
> You're forgetting all the little guys that make movies happen. Yeah the directors and actors probably don't care, but the other 100s of other people involved in making films probably do.
We're talking about movies that are 45 years old at a minimum. The majority of the people "involved in making the film" are dead at this point.
Are the little guys receiving royalties from these movies decades later? I recall instances where actors paid some of the little guys out of their own pocket to keep movies going, Deadpool is an example of this.
Edit: You're right. Just disregard any laws and contracts in place. HN knows best. It must be that easy.