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As I said, there is very little probability that the subtitles are under a copyright. Are you prepared to add new subtitles yourself? ;o) I could technically do it, but this is a several-weeks-full-time job, and I don't see the point to do it again when we already have it, made by professionals. I
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The subtitles are not added by the contributor who uploaded to YT. It is a professional work, so I suppose they were made shortly after the film was made for screening in Europe and USA. And there is no credit for it, the author is unknown. And since it is more than 70 years old, they are in the
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No, I am not familiar with ways to remove embedded subtitles. Do you have any evidence that "there is very little probability that the subtitles are under a copyright"? Unless you can clearly date the subtitles, there's not room for arguing they're not under
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It's impossible to say when the subtitles were added just from watching. They do weave a bit, which indicates that they were added onto the film print, not on the video transfer. (A video subtitle will be rock steady.)
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also think that Hindi being a language very little spoken outside India, having English subtitles adds an important value to this video. But do you know is it possible to remove the subtitles? Regards,
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as long as these presumably non-free subtitles are part of the video. (We have our own subtitle format as well, so I don't think we need hard coded subtitles at all) —
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Certainly the most important Indian movie of the mid-1930s, and the quality is better than what we usually have (checked the first version). –
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As said, the font itself proves nothing... ;-) In fact, I don't think those subtitles are from the 1930s, they look like they were made on an
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is a famous Hindi movie, directed by Pramathesh Barua and starring K. L. Saigal, Jamuna Barua, and T. R. Rajakumari.
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That confirms what I said. This video was probably copied from a DVD, which could be found in India. Regards,
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public domain in most of the world. So no copyright in USA, anyway, as no registration or notice. Regards,
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Famous Indian movie, quite good quality video with English subtitles
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The font belies the possibility that these were 1930s additions.
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Knowledge:Featured picture candidates
Devdas, 1936 Hindi movie
Devdas (1936 film)
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Yann
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10:32, 28 November 2015 (UTC)
Chris Woodrich
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23:16, 29 November 2015 (UTC)
Yann
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01:52, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Janke
Talk
20:54, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Yann
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22:24, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Chris Woodrich
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03:57, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Crisco 1492
Yann
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10:43, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Chris Woodrich
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13:19, 1 December 2015 (UTC)
Janke

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