[misc] fuck you copyright garbage, and Amazon, too

[danny burstein]

[nyc's beloved trashloid of wreckage]

Amazon Prime slammed for streaming 'It's a Wonderful Life' with key scene cut
out: 'Sacrilege'

Amazon Prime Video is under fire for streaming a butchered version of "It's a
Wonderful Life" that guts the beloved Christmas classic.

Viewers say the abridged cut -- roughly 22 minutes shorter than the original
130-minute film -- removes the iconic "Pottersville" sequence, the pivotal
stretch that explains why despairing hero George Bailey suddenly rediscovers
the will to live.

In that part, Bailey declares his wish never to have been born and gets to see
how crummy life would have been without him.
.....
The existence of the abridged version is rooted not in a creative choice by
Amazon, but in the film's famously tangled copyright history, according to the
University of Connecticut.
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rest:
https://nypost.com/2025/12/25/business/amazon-prime-slammed-for-streaming-its-a-wonderful-life-with-key-scene-cut-out-sacrilege/

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