[Tig] Library of Congress facility in Virginia

[Rob Lingelbach]

On Mar 14, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Bob Friesenhahn wrote:

>>
>> Bob, if I'm not mistaken, in the case of the UCLA archives (which  
>> are the second-largest after the Library of Congress') there were  
>> or are various licensing arrangements possible, fees going  
>> directly into funding preservation, archiving and restoration.  
>> UCLA is under state (regional) control, whereas the LoC is under  
>> national government control, but I'd be surprised if there weren't  
>> similar licensing protocols.
>
> I don't see any purpose for licensing copyright-free content which  
> has been captured into digital form by Library of Congress.  Of  
> course the Library of Congress may also capture considerable  
> content which is not yet copyright-free.  Eventually copyrights  
> will expire and the content will become copyright-free.  It is a  
> long term effort.

In the case of UCLA, there are at least two avenues of approach for  
those wishing
to have their films handled by the UCLA Film and Television Archive:  
one is a
direct donation, where UCLA then becomes the owner of the material.   
I believe
any existing copyrights would then be in UCLA's control.  Another is  
for UCLA to
house the film in their gigantic (you have to see them to believe  
them) vaults,
in a secure and controlled environment, safe from almost anything  
except a direct
nuclear hit.  In this case the copyright remains in the control of  
the film's owner,
but I believe there is also a form of contract in this case where the  
costs of the
storage and/or preservation are offset by a licensing fee paid by  
anyone requesting
use of the material.

This is by no means authoritative information and more details are  
welcome.

Rob
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