even if nobody makes it in this country anymore.
Farhad
*From:* videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:
videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] *On Behalf Of *Jessica Rosner
*Sent:* Tuesday, June 09, 2015 10:07 AM
*To:* videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
*Subject:* Re: [Videolib] obsolete
11:36 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] obsolete formats
I do not disagree but preservation is a seperate issue from what is legal
defination of obsolete under the copyright law. For commercially produced and
distributed (and I kind of assumed that what was being asked
I just checked on Amazon and oddly there are tons of brand new cassette players
available in a variety of types.
Jessica
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I think it depends on what was on the tapes. For example, 8-tracks were mostly
for commercial material which, if it was preserved, migrated to other formats.
Too lazy to look up the exact wording but the law says can be considered
obsolete if the equipment needed to play it is no longer available ( it may
say manufactured )
I just checked on Amazon and oddly there are tons of brand new cassette
players available in a variety of types.
Jessica
On
How can we know a format is considered obsolete by law? Is there a government
agency that declare this officially? I know VHS tapes are not yet considered
obsolete. But what about audio cassette tapes?
Farhad Moshiri, MLS
Audiovisual Librarian
University of the Incarnate Word
J.E. L.E. Mabee
Rosner
Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2015 11:01 AM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] obsolete formats
OK here is the exact defination of obsolete from the Copyright Law
A format is obsolete if “if the machine or device necessary to render
perceptible a work stored in that format
