[ARSCLIST] National Recorded Sound Preservation Study

[David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't know if this has been mentioned here. Forwarded from ToNY to 78-L.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html

Jim Baldwin wrote:

> Heads up from another site:
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> > Don't know how many of you are aware of this but the National
> > Recording  Preservation Board of the Library of Congress is
> > holding public hearings in L.A. on  Nov. 29 and NYC on Dec. 19
> > to solicit comment on (among other things) how copyright law
> > might be changed to encourage preservation of and access to
> > historic recordings.  This is a rare opportunity to go on record
> > and perhaps -  perhaps - even influence public policy about
> > access to old recordings.
> > They're accepting written comments from corporations, archives
> > and "the  considerable population of individuals with personal,
> > often specialized collections  of recorded sound, including
> > published and unpublished materials."  The  deadline for
> > submissions for the L.A. hearings is past, but for the NYC
> > hearing (to  be held at the Princeton Club on 43rd Street) it is
> > November 28.
> >
> > Considering the controversy over copyright these days this could
> > be lively!   Does anyone know if anyone in the press is planning
> > to cover this?
> > Details are at http://www.loc.gov/rr/record/nrpb/nrpb-clir.html
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