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 #:
000574
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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566 Los Angeles Hearing 97 results, for the national collections to destroy the nitrate? MR.SLUSSER: I would not MR. MAY: No. MR. HUMPHREY: We would not either. MR. FRANCIS: I think this puts a veiy important responsibility on the national archives to maintain the nitrate because we know that we mi^t need it again. I wanted to get that out on the table because I [think] it has to be addressed. MR. SLUSSER: That's a very valid, very real concern. And that's the reason we have kept it all the years we have and we've spent the money to continue to maintain and inspect it. MR. MAY: David, I think a slight variation from what Dan has just said. Black and white I would lean more toward possibly disposing of. I definitely would not dispose of any three-strip Technicolor, ever. MR. MAYER: I'd like to make a couple of comments on this. I think there's a little bit too much certainty to these answen. The reason a lot of nitrate was in fact destroyed was that the opinion you just stated, that it should not be destroyed, was not the conventional wisdom, 10, 20 years ago. It was not the conventional wisdom because no one could figure out how to keep nitrate in a safe manner. It was not the conventional wisdom becaxise it wasn't known that some of the conversions were not as good as they should be or that there would be some of the problems we're now having. So although I agree with what everyone said, I think one of the problems is that it is not that certain what these results are going to be or what these policies ought to be. The amount of nitrate you now have is incomplete. It is not the nitrate backup for the h'braries of the worid. It's selected nitrate backup. I think everybody's looking at it now and saying, don't get rid of it, yes, it could be useable, because that's the way it looks now. But these are things that are just not that certain. You may also find it gets too dangerous to keep it. Or very costly, whatever "too costly" is I don't know. But I just think that these are not absolutely objective things; there are not absolute standards. And I think it's got to be thought about a little more than that We're aU saying, very clearly, "keep it that's great that's wonderful" Because, yes, we might be able to use it at some point And the other point Td like to make about your comment earlier, that there should be some method of comparing the various conversions that have been made to decide which is best Again, Fd like to say that's a subjective situation. In whose opinion?