[game_preservation] AMAZING collection of E3 '95 videos!

[Captain Commando]

Speaking of old videos, the original version of MYST has a nice interview
with the developers that discusses how the game was made. However, I haven't
seen it on subsequent versions and sadly I no longer have my original copy
(along with all the other old Mac software...). I think that's one that
needs to be recirculated and you could probably contact the developers about
it.

-DM

On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 12:28 AM, Andrew Armstrong <andrew at aarmstrong.org>
wrote:


> Great videos Devin, I'll add it to the list and put a post up. Let us

> know if he gets back to you. (In fact, I mean to email or contact tons

> of youtube people to see if they want a permanent download location at

> the archive, since they do walkthroughs or tons of in-game stuff and

> that would be good to have as well).

>

> And Jim; while Henry or Simon might be more inclined to know the legal

> side, if they are promotional material there is likely no real big

> problem with uploading the material - for instance, currently I have

> been uploading a huge amount of Fileshack videos (currently

> concentrating on any "interviews") which mainly means that Fileshack is

> the source for the marketing material (for many developers and

> publishers which have now shut down!), so causes no issues of borrowing

> a watermarked video (which Fileshack doesn't do anyway).

>

> We don't however put up the videos under any licence - it's assumed we

> don't have permission for putting it under the Creative Commons,

> therefore, it's for self-use/educational/research purposes mainly.

>

> I certainly presume if they are old videos, simply no one will really

> care (if the companies which produce them exist at all nowdays) - and as

> we know, the biggest barrier currently to fleshing out things like the

> archive's video collection is pure apathy and ignorance, right?

>

> Anyway, perhaps, Henry or Simon can chip in with an opinion :)

>

> Andrew

>

> Jim Leonard wrote:

> > Captain Commando wrote:

> >> I highly recommend adding this to the resource list. I have also sent

> >> him a message through YouTube asking if he would be interested in

> >> donating videos to the SIG.

> >

> > This reminds me, I have a lot of videos I've been collecting about the

> > making of certain games (digital interviews on early "ezines",

> > videotapes that came with products such as the WC3 filmcan and 7th

> > guest, early promotional videos from Sierra that feature the

> > programmers, etc.) and was wondering what the legal ramifications were

> > to contribute them somewhere.  The historical significance is a given;

> > it's the legal issues that have stopped me.  I thought of uploading

> > them to archive.org but I don't feel their fair use rights (education,

> > reference, etc.) would be as protected there as, for example, the SIG.

> > Is this something the SIG could receive and host to the public?

> >

> > With my experience doing restoration work on the MindCandy DVDs, I've

> > gotten really good at making them presentable (even the 15fps

> > sub-Youtube ones) so it's a project without a destination...

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