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 <jessicapros...@gmail.com>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) > jessicapros...@gmail.com > > > 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: milefi...@gmail.com 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/#!/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.
