RE: [dvd-discuss] Copyright Renewal Amendment

["Kroll, Dave" <Dave_Kroll(at)cargilldow.com>]

Ooo!  I know the (other side's) answer to this one.

Obviously, you still own the copyright if you can't make copies.  
After all, you still have the right to bypass a protection mechanism 
even if you can't get the tools, or the right to swim even
if you can't get to the water...

:)


David Kroll

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	microlenz@earthlink.net [mailto:microlenz@earthlink.net] 
Sent:	Monday, October 21, 2002 8:41 PM
To:	dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
Subject:	Re: [dvd-discuss] Copyright Renewal Amendment

On 17 Oct 2002 at 9:42, John Zulauf wrote:

> (V) The last section is to ensure that the source code, master
> multitrack tapes, computer animation data files and the like are
> preserved.  I know for a fact the that the unpublished models of classic
> early computer animation are rotting ( the tape has only a 10 year life
> ) in the file cabinets of places like Lucas and Disney.  In 95 years,
> the Tron database will be lost forever.  In 95 years, the DOS code base
> will be lost forever.  Finally, the "mechanically derivative" works
> clause is an honesty clause... software that in 20 years old can't just
> be commingled with new code and gain new protection.
> 

Agreed...LOC and COngress hasn't addressed the preservation
issue...OTOH...if in 20 yrs the estate of George Lucas
can't reconstruct the lates Star Wars epic....it's also their
loss....(somebody may have a VHS tape around...but then they own the
copyright
even if they can't produce a copy....<If one cannot produce a copy, can one
own a copyright? IANAL>
> 
> 
> Thought, comments.
>