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 #:
00074
Language:
English
Subjects:
Copyright -- United States, Copyright -- Motion pictures United States","Motion pictures -- Labeling United States","Motion pictures -- Conservation and restoration United States
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
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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68 Page two never have been addressed in a cooperative and comprehensive manner, and the Board's reauthorization is an indispensable element in assuring that the progress made to date can be continued and expanded. I. The National Film Preservation Report . I would like to begin by providing a very brief overview of the process which has resulted in the proposal to create a national film preservation foundation. Congress originally established the National Film Preservation Board in 1988. When the Board was reauthorized in 1992. Congress added to its duties the task of preparing a comprehensive report on the nationwide efforts to preserve .American motion pictures. The Board accomplished its assignment in two stages: STAGE ONE: the National Study. The Board undertook an extensive one year study to determine the current state of film preservation throughout the United States. This study, which was published in June of 1993 under the title FILM PRESERVATION 1993, persuasively demonstrated that Amenca's film heritage is at senous risk. Among its alarming findings were the following: * Fewer than 20% of feature films from the 1920s survive in complete form; for features from the 1910s, the survival rate falls to 10%. Of films made from 18951950, less than half survive. * Films made after 1950 face several serious threats to their survival, including "color fading," the so-called "vinegar syndrome," and soundtrack deterioration. * Many American films can be found only in foreign archives. * Funding for film preservation, which has never been adequate, has fallen to considerably less than half its 1980 level, when adjusted for inflation.