And you said it was dumb. Was it? TV and movies aren't worth my time anymore. The last movie I bought tickets for was Forrest Gump. It used to be a family could actually watch stuff on TV or go to a movie without worrying about content. Now, we have to pre-screen everything.
I stumbled on it flipping the dial but was not impressed.
Yeah, I know the problems with trying to screen things anymore. Standard And Practices departments at the networks are a thing of the past. NBC, Disney-ABC, and Viacom-CBS-Nick-MTV-VH1-TVLand-Logo-Paramount, and Fox aren't particularly family (or conservative) friendly.
I've got hundreds of hours of public domain radio (purchased from ebay although available through other sources).
The big media conglomerates don't want 20th century works to enter the public domain. They know that the public could have MORE THAN ENOUGH material to occupy their free time if it was readily available. And many of the creators/stars are dead so they are not being denied their livelihood.