Gary, I'm just saying that there have been some outlandishly over-the-top statements. And I'm willing to back it up... For example, here<http://www.fiafnet.org/uk/members/Fair%20Use.cfm> :
10) As a principle of “fair access”, FIAF affiliates declare their right to engage in the following archive-related activities, without the payment of fees to outside organizations: • exhibition on their premises • loans to other affiliates • use in their own publications and promotional activities of the motion pictures and related promotional and other historical materials in their collections. Before that, I was there right with them! Note that "fair use" is not an international term and that other countries are struggling with even the terminology. And of course, in real practice, FIAF archives are now even charging *each other* for the loan of prints, which for seventy years was a sacred no-no for the organizational members. -- Best regards, Dennis Doros Milestone Film & Video/Milliarium Zero PO Box 128 Harrington Park, NJ 07640 Phone: 201-767-3117 Fax: 201-767-3035 email: milefi...@gmail.com www.milestonefilms.com www.ontheboweryfilm.com www.arayafilm.com www.exilesfilm.com www.wordisoutmovie.com www.killerofsheep.com <http://www.killerofsheep.com> AMIA Austin 2011: www.amianet.org Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook! Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#!/MilestoneFilms>
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