I often buy used VHS-C and Video8 tapes from Japan, both because they tend to be cheap and also because often times people in Japan used it to make personal copies of TV shows using those formats. Plus it’s cheaper than shipping full sized VHS tapes.
Unsurprisingly I’ll find home videos in the lots I buy. A part of me feels obligated to make digital copies since they’re someone’s memories, and also a time capsule of that period of time. Another part of me feels I shouldn’t because they are someone’s personal recording that I assume they had no plans to show outside of their homes. And then again, what do I even do with the digital copies if I do make them besides hoard them? I legally couldn’t share them most likely. I wouldn’t mind digitizing a copy and sending it to the original owner, but since it’s just a random lot online from a resale shop, there’s nothing really to go off of.
I’ve found NSFW content as well, but the choice with that stuff is obvious and I just erase them. The normal, everyday stuff though I’m unsure about. I think I just want to get a second opinion before I proceed.