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Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, and Piracy vs. Preservation

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Godzilla, Godzilla 1985, and Piracy vs. Preservation

The film industry flourished out of piracy. From the moment a score of upstart studios and East Coast hucksters absconded from the New York backyard of Edison and his patent trolls to set-up their operations in the balmy, perennially filmable (and, via the Mexican border fewer than 100 miles away, […]

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