Read this article all the way through. The points made are valid in an everchanging landscape of fading analogue media. Conversion to digital for preservation seems out of the question with the antiquated and severely myopic copyright laws as they exist today. Read it all...
The Globe and Mail: How copyright could be killing culture: "But with the possibility that copyright rules could easily tighten further, there's growing concern about the impact this could have on documentaries, as it has on Eyes on the Prize. As the award-winning filmmaker Katy Chevigny says in the American University report: 'The only film you can make for cheap and not have to worry about rights clearance is about your grandma, yourself or your dog.'"
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