MST3K Kickstarter!

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aLkaLiNE said:

BlkPaladin said:
You know they may have to pay for the rights to roast the movies since a lot of the movies they show are not public domain there is sure to be a person holding their hand out for their cut of the pie so that $2million may be a realistic number form the people who know how much these things cost.

"Roasting" or making fun of other tv shows, movies, music falls under fair use for copyright.  They would not have to pay any licensing fees to the other movie owners.

Not true, if they were only mocking a few scenes they could probably get away with it but mst3k showcases an entire movie upon which the entire premise of the show is dependant.