From: David Lennick <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxx>
To: ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [ARSCLIST] National Recorded Sound Preservation Study
Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 11:00:54 -0500
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: > ================================================== > > 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 published and unpublished materials."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 > > _________________________________________________________________ >