[game_preservation] GamePro TV Show

[Andrew Armstrong]

I'd also not worry too much about Copyright in regards to a 
totally-defunct show stored on of all things, Betacam. Not legal advice, 
but the IA can handle any legal issues by removing access so it goes 
dark and is still kept but just hidden.

Andrew

On 11/02/2013 22:56, Jim Leonard wrote:

> I want to second the suggestion of making sure archive.org gets them. 

> That footage is 30i (interlaced) and if you give archive.org the 

> MPEG-2 (or DV) files that will result as part of the acquisition, 

> nothing will get lost.  The original MPEG-2 files will be available 

> for full quality viewing, and archive.org automatically transcodes 

> MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 for those who want to stream/watch online or grab a 

> portable copy.

>

> This is the main reason the Computer Chronicles videos on archive.org 

> can still be used for broadcast applications; all 60 fields per second 

> are preserved in the MPEG-2 files.

>

> On 2/11/2013 2:50 PM, Devin Monnens wrote:

>> Depends on if you own the copyright. If you can distribute them online,

>> I'd suggest both Archive.org and YouTube. Archive.org will take care of

>> them, while YouTube will get them to a wider audience. Then contact

>> somebody like IGN or 1Up and see if they'll do an article on it.

>>

>>

>> On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 3:40 PM, Alex Handy <alex at themade.org

>> <mailto:alex at themade.org>> wrote:

>>

>>     An update on this. We still have the tapes and I just today found

>>     someone who really, yes, honestly, seriously can capture them. 

>> They're

>>     BetaCam, so everyone who's offered to record them up to now has

>>     discovered a software or hardware problem in the chain and backed 

>> down

>>     before ever even being able to insert the tapes.

>>

>>     I'm hoping to drop these off later this week, and it should cost 

>> about

>>     $200. I'm planning on uploading them to Archive.org. Any thoughts on

>>     whether that's the right place for them?

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