Dang Dennis you were right on the reaction. I went through the comments on some sites and the ignorance was staggering. Apparently no one has a clue that this HAS been the situation for over a decade without the sky falling. While it has nothing to do with the decision I am amused by the repeated claims that the law is only helping dead people. This would be news to Wajda, Goddard, and likely thousands of others. I once read that all but something like 5 French films made prior to the mid 60s had gone PD.
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:25 AM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected]>wrote: > I read it yesterday on your face book page for the first time. I have read > some of the alarmists on the web. I thought Ginsburg's point that it was > only giving Prokofiev the same protections Bernstein and Copeland already > have said it best. > > > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Dennis Doros <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Well, Dennis is in Los Angeles and not online until 11 at night, but >> Jessica, you and I are two of the few who feel this way. Most are reacting >> like it's the end of public domain though all it's doing is agreeing on >> something that was already done in 1994. >> >> Dennis >> >> On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 8:41 PM, Jessica Rosner <[email protected] >> > wrote: >> >>> I was sure Dennis was going to post this but I have not seen it. >>> >>> >>> http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012/01/copyright/supreme-court-upholds-law-restoring-copyright-to-some-public-domain-works/ >>> >>> Despite many of attacks on the decision from the likes of the HathiTrust >>> ( who cry crocodile tears about authors receiving fair compensation when >>> they tried >>> to put up and make available works they knew to be under copyright) this >>> is neither a surprising decision. For decades artists, writers, filmmakers >>> outside the US were deprived of their rights >>> by the complex US copyright law so in fact the vast majority of >>> European films made prior to 1960 ( a rough guess) had no copyright >>> protection. This is not like the Sonny Bonno/ Disney 20 year extension . It >>> is a legitimate fix to a system that had systematically screwed overseas >>> rights holders. >>> >>> Oddly I know two of the people involved in drafting the law and one of >>> the major plaintiffs. My first friend to have a Supreme Court case but he >>> lost. >>> >>> -- >>> Jessica Rosner >>> Media Consultant >>> 224-545-3897 (cell) >>> 212-627-1785 (land line) >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >>> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >>> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >>> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >>> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >>> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >>> producers and distributors. >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> 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: [email protected] >> www.milestonefilms.com >> www.comebackafrica.com >> www.yougottomove.com >> www.ontheboweryfilm.com >> www.arayafilm.com >> www.exilesfilm.com >> www.wordisoutmovie.com >> www.killerofsheep.com >> <http://www.killerofsheep.com> >> Join "Milestone Film" on Facebook and Twitter! >> and the >> Association of Moving Image Archivists <http://www.amianet.org>! >> >> >> Follow Milestone on Twitter! <http://twitter.com/#%21/MilestoneFilms> >> >> >> VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of >> issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic >> control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in >> libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as >> an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of >> communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video >> producers and distributors. >> >> > > > -- > Jessica Rosner > Media Consultant > 224-545-3897 (cell) > 212-627-1785 (land line) > [email protected] > > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected]
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
