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18-01-05, 01:21 PM | #1 |
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How copyright could be killing culture
How copyright could be killing culture
full story The high cost of getting permission to use archival footage and photos threatens to put makers of documentaries out of business As Americans commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy today, no television channel will be broadcasting the documentary series Eyes on the Prize. Produced in the 1980s and widely considered the most important encapsulation of the American civil-rights movement on video, the documentary series can no longer be broadcast or sold anywhere. Why? The makers of the series no longer have permission for the archival footage they previously used of such key events as the historic protest marches or the confrontations with Southern police. Given Eyes on the Prize's tight budget, typical of any documentary, its filmmakers could barely afford the minimum five-year rights for use of the clips. That permission has long since expired, and the $250,000 to $500,000 needed to clear the numerous copyrights involved is proving too expensive. This is particularly dire now, because VHS copies of the series used in countless school curriculums are deteriorating beyond rehabilitation. With no new copies allowed to go on sale, "the whole thing, for all practical purposes, no longer exists," says Jon Else, a California-based filmmaker who helped produce and shoot the series and who also teaches at the Graduate School of Journalism of the University of California, Berkeley. Securing copyright clearances isn't just a problem for the makers of Eyes on the Prize. It's a constant, often insurmountable hurdle for documentary filmmakers and even for writers wanting to reproduce, say, copyrighted pictures or song lyrics in their work. more here: http://centerforsocialmedia.org/rock/index.htm found via metafilter |
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18-01-05, 06:14 PM | #3 |
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19-01-05, 11:12 AM | #4 |
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The documentary is available on VHS - but they want loads of money for it. On Amazon, US$699.99 for the boxed set. Lowest price I saw was US$375.00. It could be DivX'ed, but not at that price.
A very good point that copyright holders are supressing culture and history by demanding high royalties from makers of documentary films. Then, maybe some don't want the truth to be known. Since documentaries can tend to preserve history and truth, the answer might be to exempt documentary films from royalties because they are similar in nature to news gathering and reporting.
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Check Downhill Battle for the latest developments...
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Wired has a good report from the screenings of the 'Eyes'.
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