National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979 (1979)

Record Details:

Title:
National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979
Date:
1979
Publisher:
Washington : U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Volume:
National Archives and Records Service film-vault fire at Suitland, Md. : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, first session, June 19 and 21, 1979
Leaf #:
000457
Language:
English
Subjects:
Washington National Records Center. Building A, Motion picture film collections
Collection:
Government & Law and Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Prelinger Library
Sponsor:
Internet Archive
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
July 19, 2022
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433 23 It is clear, hov.'ever, that the other private companies with newsreel holdings would not accept such terms as long as they believe that considerable income can be derived from the sale of ncwsreel copies. The National Archives agreement with 20th Century Fox, therefore, should serve as a better model for persuading the newsreel ov/ners to act in the national interest. The basic provisions are: That safety triacetate or polyester copies should be furnished at a cost basis; and • That the receiving institution v/i 1 1 agree to honor duplication and sale rights imposed by the donor for a fixed period of time after which the materials vn 1 1 pass into puSfic domain. All the owners appear favorably disposed to such negotiation since an agreement will result in the preservation of their legal property which otherwise would eventually deteriorate; another advantage is that the costs of storing, maintaining, and servicing their newsreel footage will be taken over by the recipient archives v^hile the donor still exercises commercial rights to the material. As for companies with high net income from its other activities, the tax advantage may seem more attractive than potential stock footage income. This line of argument carries more weight with 20th Century Fox and Hearst than v;ith Allen or Grinberg. To receive a tax benefit for newsreel donations to a public archives the donor would also have to transfer all rights and title. 5. One more principle that should be worked into an agreement is that non-profit educational use of newsreel reproductions should be permitted witliout royalty or license fees. Such use must be narrov/ly defined to exclude those coipanies v.ho make films for distribution