Re: [ARSCLIST] Fw: Analog: A Race Against Time - Billboard August 28, 2004

["H. Duane Goldman" <thedoctor@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dick,

For clarification, please remind me to what medium are the analog tapes
being transferred & whose collection this represents?

thanks,

Duane Goldman

At 11:48 AM 1/9/2005 -0500, you wrote:
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> Dick Spottswood
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>         To:     dick@xxxxxxxx
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>         Subject:        Fw: Analog: A Race Against Time - Billboard August
> 28, 2004
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> pekka.gronow@xxxxxx
> 01/09/2005 04:32 AM
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>         To:        Dick Spottswood <dick@xxxxxxxx>
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>         Subject:        Re: Fw: Analog: A Race Against Time - Billboard
> August 28, 2004
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> Yes, this is like it is. Fortunately the problem is not as large in
> Europe,
> as most professional-quality BASF and AGFA tapes have not (yet) generally
> exhibited the same problems. However, we have a program to transfer ALL
> our
> analog tapes within the next ten years.
>
> DAT tapes are even worse, but fortunately modern mass storage systems seem
> to be quite safe, if they are professionally supervised.
>
> Isn't it funny that the record industry wants to have copyright protection
> for nearly a century, while it has no interest in really protecting the
> actual recoridngs.

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