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)

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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 #:
000569
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
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Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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561 92 Film Preservation 1993 redisseminated. But obviously there's a point where there's a brick wall that eveiybody will run into if this information is not shared at some point MR. HUMPHREY: Sony's point of view too, we would share whatever information is valuable. The only thing I'd warn is that the information gets complex. We have a very large hljrary, but in some of the titles we have limited ownership, rights expire at certain times, at different fxsints of time in different territories and different mediums, as I mentioned earlier. So that's important also. CHAIRWOMAN KANIN: And that would be part of the information that would be valuable for all to know. Besides yourself. MR. HUMPHREY: If we had all that information ourseh'es we would be a very efBciently nm company. CHAIRWOMAN KANIN: Whatever you do know. MR. HUMPHREY: We're also still in the process of pulling together aD of otir inventory and data. We haven't completed our process yet We still have three years to go. MR. MAYER: We would absolutely share all the information. I would like to point out, however, that in some cases the information to be shared could be subject to a critical and negative reaction by people. It is extremely easy to take a look at what somebody else is doing, and critique it, and say, "oh, I didn't know they didn't do that, and I didn't know they did it that way." And start pitting one faction against the other and so forth. In the best of all possible worlds, where people were wonderful, there would be no such negative implications. It is possible, people share information of this kind and they're all trying to top one another one way or another, to show how much better they are than somebody else, or people that are interested in film preservation want to use this information in order to criticize what's being done. It would be a shame. However, regardless of that caveat, yes, we would share the information and hope that people would use this information in a positive manner. CHAIRWOMAN KANIN: Because that certainly would be the best tool to avoid the duplication that you were all talking about If you shared it and if the archives shared theirs, we would know where everything is and what's going on, and we would avoid a lot of useless spending. So that's very encouraging. MR. MAYER: I think you'd also zero in on where the problems are. CHAIRWOMAN KANIN: Right Quite quickly. I have one other question, if I