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Message # 7575.1 Subject: Re: Another Tech Question Date: Mon 22/12/03 19:26:37 GMT Name: Kev Email: kev@styx-photography.com |
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Excellent idea to burn DVD's as an archive- ensure that you have the software that allows you to burn DVD's that are viewable through a domestic DVD player and TV- some burners only come with the minimum of software which will only allow you to burn data DVD's. To the strict letter of the law you are probably violating copyright, however I think the lawyers have a term- "de minimis" (trifling or legally insignificant)- so I would go ahead and do it. |
In reply to Message (7575) Another Tech Question
By Hawk - Mon 22/12/03 15:43:03 GMT I hate to be a bother but you guys know a lot more about this sort of stuff than anyone I know. I have a huge inventory of various profesional wetlook tapes I have accumulated over the years (I remember the first tims I saw SSS and WSM tapes in a Movies Unlimited catalog, I was hooked forever). I have a considerable investment in some really excellent material, and time is catching up with these VHS tapes. I am thinking about buying a DVD recorder to save all this stuff onto DVD's, supposedly a more durable medium. As DVD recorders are getting pretty reasonable in price, and blank DVD's are reasonable to buy as well, is this worthwhile? Can I put multiple tapes onto one DVD (they always sell DVD's with two hours of a movie plus a bunch of extra scenes, etc on them, so they must have a huge capacity). Thanks to the excellent advice I got from this forum (thanks, MK) I have captured some of my tapes to MPEG format, it is really useful in editing captured TV scenes, but for just straight recording of old pro tapes I think I might be better off burnung DVD's.
Also, this might be a touchy subject, but am I violating copyrights by doing this? I bought all my stuff fair and square, either straight from the producers or from legit dealers, and I go way out of my way to support most any producer of wet material, but I don't want to run afoul of any protocols. Of course, anything I do record will be for my use only, no reproduction for any other purposes. I look upon it as preservation of investment.
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