Re: [dvd-discuss] Used and Rental CD's.

[Michael.A.Rolenz(at)aero.org]

I haven't seen a 300yrs old CD or a 300yr old expert yet.....also that 
assumes the CD is kept in nice envirionments, not scratched up too 
much.... Old films were shot on nitrocellulose stock rather than the 
"safety" stock used today. I don't remember if it was in the 40s or 50s 
but there was a tremendous vault fire which destroyed hundreds of films 
because after a couple of decades the nitrocellulose tended to degrade and 
spontaneously combust. BTW this is another counter argument to thenotion 
that studios, record companies etc will be able to keep things around 
until they enter the public domain. 




Noah silva <nsilva@atari-source.com>
Sent by: owner-dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
09/27/01 07:58 PM
Please respond to dvd-discuss

 
        To:     dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
        cc: 
        Subject:        Re: [dvd-discuss] Used and Rental CD's.




On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Scott A Crosby wrote:

I doubt that's true though... CDs (pressed ones) last for a very long
time.  look at "ask the experts" on sciam.com (among other places).

> --
> No DVD movie will ever enter the public domain, nor will any CD. The 
last CD
> and the last DVD will have moldered away decades before they leave 
copyright.
> This is not encouraging the creation of knowledge in the public domain.
> 
>