Sigh. Like -1 said, it has nothing to do with censorship. I'm simply respecting his wishes in not publicly discussing the more open communication his chats are able to have about a subject that, due to the unfortunate reality of things, is in a legally very grey area indeed.

I think some people here have a misplaced sense of entitlement when it comes to these movies, forgetting that for all the unquestionable moral imperative of preservation, no one but LFL actually has any legal right to them whatsoever. Believe me, I wish that were otherwise as much as anyone, but it isn't. So when talking about making a film restoration from the kind of materials that Mike has access to, there is no way most of that can be mentioned openly in a public forum.

Of course, those who would rather sit around making cracks and being needlessly spiteful about it all are welcome to it, but don't expect me to sympathize when the target of such 'humour' is doing amazing and necessary work that is probably the best hope this beloved film ever has of being saved from the madness of its owner.