On a cinematically impactful installment of Disinformed, Shane takes us through some of the peaks and valleys of the controversial topic of home video. From supreme court cases to pornography litigations, to early fan conventions and the founding of Blockbuster Video, this is a topic that will take you places... https://linktr.ee/disinformedpodcast Sources:

“VHS Revolution.” Films On Demand, Films Media Group, 2016, digital.films.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=11854&xtid=160981. Accessed 27 Sept. 2021. 

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https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/3089/vhs-vs-betamax-how-influential-was-the-pornography-industry-in-the-format-war

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Outro:Semi-Funk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4333-semi-funkLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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