Upon its release in 1996, Scream revitalized the slasher genre by acknowledging the rules of horror movies within the film itself. Decades later, the film has found a second life on digital platforms, most notably the Internet Archive. However, the status of a major studio film on a site dedicated to "universal access to all knowledge" raises critical questions: Is hosting Scream on archive.org an act of piracy or preservation? This paper argues that while unauthorized copies violate current law, their presence highlights a demand for decentralized, permanent access to media that commercial streaming services fail to provide.
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