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Topic: Hammer appeals for lost film footage
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Akshay Nanjangud
Jedi Master Film Handler
Posts: 637
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2011
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posted March 08, 2012 04:41 PM
Hugh, you have given the article a nice twist . I agree with you. You'd make them pay; now me, I might do something different.
You see, I have never understood why a feature like Invasion of the Body Snatchers isn't in the public domain yet. Everyone associated with the making of the feature is probably in another world now. Why should their successors be the ones to profit from the work of their predecessors? Why not you? Me? Or, you and I could hold a screening of the film on Super 8 or 16mm for $1 per person and donate all the money raised to a charity? So, I'd probably negotiate that every film in the world fall into the public domain after 10 years, or 15 or 20, i.e., some small reasonable number of years. This will mean that the world over, anyone could screen a great feature and anyone could watch it. More people will get to enjoy great works in cinema then.
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