NB Jessica, Marilyn said specifically that this program has been digitized and steamed. That's why she thought it might be PD. Note her question below. The entire program is already online, apparently on several sites. So your worst fears etc.
This series is a history of the computer that ends in 1992. Possibly the BBC/PBS released the files at some point on the grounds that the series is so old there is no more profit to be made from it, or it might have been a provision of the original grant that after X years it was to be made freely available. I have discovered that the foreign-language video series developed by Annenberg Media (French in Action, Destinos) are now available for free on their website in streaming versions. Marilyn, a site last updated in 1999 recommends asking the Association for Computing Machinery about obtaining copies of the series. Unfortunately the person they suggest contacting, Mr. Mandelbaum, seems to have retired. But it sounds like someone there might know where the rights are. http://ei.cs.vt.edu/~history/TMTCTW.html Judy >> >> >> >> >> >> Second, would we have the right to download a video file from a >> place >> >> >> like >> >> >> this (*http://preview.tinyurl.com/5p55fd*), and burn it onto DVDs? >> >> >> >> >> >> Thanks in advance for any information or opinions. >> >> >> Marilyn Huntley >> >> >>
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