Yes.

@@SonicWalle wait, there was an attempt for a revival in 1990? With totally new footage?

Nope. The TUGS 90s Revival is actually the Brian Blessed Dub, which according to the wiki is called the "TUGS Late 1990s Revival" (even though it actually dates back to 1990, I do not know why the wiki claims it dates back to the late 90s, despite the tape stating it was from 1990. Maybe the page was created before the front of the tape was (well) known?). I presume it's named such as a revival because it was sort of a last ditch effort from Cardona to keep/revive TUGS from cancellation before Clearwater's closure in New Years 1990 and then he was presumably brought onto the production team for Theodore Tugboat sometime later on.

@SonicWalle yeah, I looked it up on the wiki. It's really sad seeing just how much work went into this series that ultimately sunk before it could truly sail. I am grateful for what we do have, though. Why is it called the Brian Blessed dub? Was he like an actor or something? Is there any footage of this revival available?

Brian Blessed is indeed an actor who worked on various films and TV, like Disney's Tarzan and Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (im purely going off the wiki for this)! For whatever reason, Cardona managed to convince him to be a narrator for the dub. No audio or footage of the dub has leaked but it is known that the music and effects track is slightly off by two seconds according to testimonies of those who saw the dub. The Exhibition still has the tape (the tape itself, not the footage and audio, was on display in the coach, among the other tapes earlier this year) but are unwilling to release it. It's a shame we may never see it.

But some stuff has leaked and they haven't gotten introuble for the leak footage so what's stopping them from releasing the footage?

Knowing the petty history of those who own the trust, I highly doubt that's what's stopping them.

Yes, TUGS is still owned legally by BMG (with another half of the rights gone to Robert Cardona) and yes uploading unreleased materials is illegal without the consent of the rights holders. But since it is on the "as long as its not making a profit" side of things. When unreleased TUGS materials or footage are released or leaked. Nothing happens. And in fact, The Exhibition has charged people to see the tapes in person before 2020 which was then they stopped doing those events. So technically they're the ones violating copyright law by making profit of these materials. And if it was so sensitive to copyright, then why did they display three of the tapes at a VIP event in 2022 (not to mention the inclusion of clips of the rare in Bigg Retrospective)? Where no one there was discouraged to record the videos. Especially since video recordings of the screen with the videos have been public for over a year now.

How the fuck did you reply 2 weeks ago when the video has been out for only 14 hours

To me he looks like a mix of Rick Astley and Darren Day. I don’t know why.

Alas, Gatekeeping is a. Common practice among many people, dunno why, maybe it’s a way to have power in their eyes, I mean, look at Hello Twins from Thomas and how people from SiF had photos of Hello Twins for years Before they were leaked

They don’t technically own the footage. As an exhibit they likely have a license to display it and screen it, but having a license from BMG (which they apparently do) doesn’t translate into “I can just put this all online.” How they treat the materials they have (I.e. not well) is a different story.

"copyright" issue Yet this week they are selling dvds of sunshine

Probably because they wanna keep charging people to see the tapes privately just for profits

They’re not full owners - they’re (now) an officially licensed exhibit, Tugs is still owned by BMG.

@@kilimenjiro3753 BMG is a music distribution company that only protects the copyright of popular songs?

TUGS: The Exhibition does not own the rights to TUGS. Half of TUGS' rights is owned by Robert D. Cardona and the second half by BMG. I am aware that yes, BMG is a record label and music distributor, but they simply only have half of TUGS' rights due to them acquiring Castle Communications(the company that formed Castle Vision who distributed TUGS on VHS). Which explains why they own half the rights.