This is a false argument. Older films have ongoing costs: music royalties, performer residuals, and distribution upkeep. When you watch a legal version on YouTube (even with ads), you generate micro-royalties that keep the film alive. Piracy forces production houses to stop restoring old negatives because "there is no demand" (piracy artificially suppresses reported demand).
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She brought emotional weight to the film, anchoring the mother-son dynamic that drives the entire narrative.
