Contributions & Duplicate Entries - Let's fix the database!

[rdodolak]

Originally Posted by Super Sonic

This rule of the studios/distributor doesn't make sense except for some indepedent Blu-Ray releases, because when the distributor changes, goes bankrrupt or close, we have to change them all again constantly, so we'll have forum users changing thousands of Blu-Ray's studios to keep up to date, because this company is irrelavant and doens't exist, when we have only one "universal" major studio we don't need to do this, and for the common logic movies are possible because of the studios, they're filmed there, the studios pay the actors, directors, the staff, e.t.c. what most of distributors contribute to movies?, nothing! and the most important for the the database it's written STUDIO not distributor, there are various cases here in Portugal, distibutors changed and closed. We can't do forum rules without following civil laws and in terms of management, a distributor company that doens't own the rights of one specific movie can't be mentioned now for that, we watch Blu-Ray's until the final credits without a single mention to the distributor in that specific country, we see studios logo in the end, another reason this is an american site, for example does an american user know the Universal Studios distributor is China?, i guess no, and theres' such a huge difference seaching Blu-Ray's from Universal Studios in China and other countries with distributors indications, and the distributors that few users know, and the major studios that everybody knows, so try and click and see for yourself seach all the Universal Studios Blu-Ray's in China and will not find one, and we all know Jaws, Back from the Future are from Universal, for Amazon foreign Blu-Ray's editions that they sell are always major studios, i think this is absurd, i'm against this rule in the terms that are being followed. My suggestion for rules are only indicate distributor with contributions to the movie release and some independent release that we see final credits mention to that in that specific country, otherwise always major studios in all countries and all contributions will be much more simple to the database and for searches.

No they don't get changed if or when a distributor goes bankrupt or gets sold. Existing releases retain the old distributor because that is who distributed those specific releases. Any new releases would reflect the new distributor.