Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995 (1996)

Record Details:

Title:
Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995
Date:
1996
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. G.P.O. : For sale by the U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office
Volume:
Copyright term, film labeling, and film preservation legislation : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, first session, on H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734 ... June 1 and July 13, 1995
Leaf #:
0009
Language:
English
Subjects:
Copyright -- United States, Copyright -- Motion pictures United States","Motion pictures -- Labeling United States","Motion pictures -- Conservation and restoration United States
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Boston Public Library
Sponsor:
Kahle/Austin Foundation and Omidyar Network
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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The third piece of legislation on the agenda for this morning's hearing is H.R. 1734, the National Film Preservation Act of 1995. In 1988, Congress established the National Film Preservation Board to focus on the important goal of film preservation. In 1992, the board was reauthorized for another 3 years. The 1992 act also called for a 1-year study of the national film preservation problem. Among the many important findings in the film preservation study was that fewer than 20 percent of feature films from the 1920's survive in complete form. For features of the 1910's, the survival rate falls to about 10 percent. Of films made before 1950, only about half survive. In addition to the study, the 1992 Reauthorization Act also called for a plan to address the issues of film preservation. Completed in August 1994, the plan entitled, "Redefining Film Preservation," was the product of 6 months of negotiations and consensus building among archivists, educators, filmmakers, and film industry executives. Under H.R. 1734, the Librarian of Congress would be able to continue implementation of the national film preservation plan. Title I of the legislation would reauthorize the National Film Preservation Board while title II would establish the National Film Preservation Foundation to raise funds to concentrate on those films that are not preserved by commercial interests such as public domain, educational, historical footage, and so forth as well as to further other parts of the national film preservation plan. This morning we have two distinguished panels of witnesses and I look forward to their testimony. [The bills, H.R. 989, H.R. 1248, and H.R. 1734, follow:]