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If this was the case, think of how different this place would be. We'd be debating which public scanning crew had the best print but maybe not the greatest scanning facility, should they be scanning the IBA print or the 70mm print, or the recently unearthed print which never got screened. We'd be learning about the real world audio visual aspects of converting these films instead of relying on third hand opinions tainted by creator exhuberance. We'd actually be able to compare and contrast original and SE prints, instead of abstract suppositions, and crappy bootlegs and recreations tainted by technological and memory lapses. Another side would be pointing out how LFL needs some support or the deleted material would never see the light. The fan edit crews would be lobbying for position from the public scanning crews. Maybe even LFL would be contacting fan editors to give them advanced blu-ray copies so their versions would come out shortly after the official release. Fan Film makers would be stepping up pointing out "hey we can offer you new stories!"
Yeah, and try and paint such a picture to George or any copyright holder, and this would pretty much be their reaction:
